It is recommended to install docsify-cli globally, which helps initializing and previewing the website locally.
npm i docsify-cli -gIf you want to write the documentation in the ./docs subdirectory, you can use the init command.
docsify init ./docsAfter the init is complete, you can see the file list in the ./docs subdirectory.
index.htmlas the entry fileREADME.mdas the home page.nojekyllprevents GitHub Pages from ignoring files that begin with an underscore
You can easily update the documentation in ./docs/README.md, of course you can add more pages.
Run the local server with docsify serve. You can preview your site in your browser on http://localhost:3000.
docsify serve docs?> For more use cases of docsify-cli, head over to the docsify-cli documentation.
If you don't like npm or have trouble installing the tool, you can manually create index.html:
<!-- index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<link
rel="stylesheet"
href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@4/themes/vue.css"
/>
</head>
<body>
<div id="app"></div>
<script>
window.$docsify = {
//...
};
</script>
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@4"></script>
</body>
</html>?> Note that in both of the examples below, docsify URLs will need to be manually updated when a new major version of docsify is released (e.g. v4.x.x => v5.x.x). Check the docsify website periodically to see if a new major version has been released.
Specifying a major version in the URL (@4) will allow your site will receive non-breaking enhancements (i.e. "minor" updates) and bug fixes (i.e. "patch" updates) automatically. This is the recommended way to load docsify resources.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@4/themes/vue.css" />
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@4"></script>If you prefer to lock docsify to a specific version, specify the full version after the @ symbol in the URL. This is the safest way to ensure your site will look and behave the same way regardless of any changes made to future versions of docsify.
<link
rel="stylesheet"
href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@4.11.4/themes/vue.css"
/>
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@4.11.4"></script>If you have Python installed on your system, you can easily use it to run a static server to preview your site.
cd docs && python -m SimpleHTTPServer 3000
cd docs && python -m http.server 3000If you want, you can show a loading dialog before docsify starts to render your documentation:
<!-- index.html -->
<div id="app">Please wait...</div>You should set the data-app attribute if you changed el:
<!-- index.html -->
<div data-app id="main">Please wait...</div>
<script>
window.$docsify = {
el: '#main',
};
</script>Compare el configuration.