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lildocs

v0.1.17

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A lightweight CLI that turns Markdown docs into a static searchable documentation site.

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lildocs

lildocs is a small Node/TypeScript CLI that turns Markdown files into a static, searchable documentation site.

It is built for projects that already keep docs in a repository and want a complete site without MDX, hosted search, or a large theme system. Point it at a folder or a single Markdown file and it finds the home page, infers navigation from the folder structure and home page links, renders Markdown and Mermaid, copies local assets, and writes self-contained HTML.

lildocs ./docs

Generated sites use relative links and a local search index, so they work from disk or from any static file host.

What it covers

  • Markdown folders or individual Markdown entry files
  • Generated navigation, page titles, heading anchors, and table-of-contents data
  • GitHub-flavored Markdown, frontmatter, callouts, code highlighting, images, assets, and Mermaid diagrams
  • Local static search with no external service
  • Build, development server, and GitHub Pages output modes
  • Lightweight theming with system light/dark defaults, built-in themes, Shiki themes, local theme.ts, favicon/logo options, and font/background/link options

Documentation

lildocs is intentionally narrow: no manual nav config, versioned docs, MDX, plugin system, hosted search, auth, CMS features, i18n, redirects, analytics, or API reference generation.

Contributing

Use these commands when working on lildocs itself:

pnpm install
pnpm run format
pnpm run lint
pnpm run typecheck
pnpm test

Keep behavior aligned with the README, documentation, and existing tests.

The project uses:

  • cmd-ts for CLI parsing
  • Octane SSR for rendering and client interactivity
  • marked and gray-matter for Markdown and frontmatter
  • native dynamic import() for local theme loading
  • tsdown for the CLI bundle and Vite for the frontend bundle/dev server
  • oxlint for linting
  • Prettier with the TSRX plugin for formatting
  • Vitest with the Octane Vite compiler plugin