MkDocs Basics

This website is generated by mkdocs.org and the Material Theme.

Basic MkDocs Commands

  • mkdocs new [dir-name] - Create a new project.
  • mkdocs serve - Start the live-reloading docs server.
  • mkdocs build - Build the documentation site.
  • mkdocs help - Print this help message.

Install and documentation generation

mkdocs.org.

To install MkDocs / create a new documentation site:

$ pip install mkdocs
$ mkdocs new documentation

To build the documentation site:

$ cd documentation
$ mkdocs build

To start the live-reloading docs server - http://localhost:8000/

$ mkdocs serve

MkDocs can use the ghp-import tool to commit to the gh-pages branch and push the gh-pages branch to GitHub Pages:

$ mkdocs gh-deploy

MkDocs project layout

mkdocs.yml    # The configuration file.
docs/
    index.md  # The documentation homepage.
    ...       # Other markdown pages, images and other files.