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Docsify

Documentation site generator

Content Management Systems ★ 31.5k stars Medium setup MIT

🃏 A magical documentation site generator. Contribute to docsifyjs/docsify development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Key features

  • No build step required
  • Markdown rendered at runtime
  • Plugin and theme system
  • Full-text search plugin

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • No build step
  • Renders Markdown on the fly
  • Lightweight single page

Trade-offs

  • Poor SEO without SSR
  • Needs JavaScript enabled

Is Docsify secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Docsify's latest release (v5.0.0). OSV.dev lists 3 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2021-30074, published 2021-04-02 (2021 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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