Dokly docs
Dokly docs

Introduction

What Dokly is, what it isn't, and who it's built for.

Dokly is a hosted documentation platform. You sign up, you create a project, you get a live docs site at a URL you control. The pages are MDX under the hood, but you can write them in a visual editor that handles all the components for you.

What Dokly does#

  • Hosts your docs site. Every project ships at <your-name>.dokly.co the moment you create it. Pro plans add custom domains.
  • Gives you a real editor. Tiptap-based, with a slash menu for blocks, drag handles for reordering, and inline AI actions. Not a Markdown text box.
  • Ships components that look good by default. Callouts, tabs, steps, cards, API playgrounds — all styled, all dark-mode aware, all accessible.
  • Handles search, SEO, and dark mode. Fuzzy search out of the box. Sitemaps, OG images, and llms.txt generated automatically.
  • Imports OpenAPI specs. Drop in an openapi.yaml and get an interactive API reference for every endpoint.

What Dokly is not#

  • Not a static site generator. There's no dokly build step, no CI integration, no _site/ folder. Pages are stored in a database and rendered with ISR.
  • Not a CMS for marketing sites. Use Webflow or Framer for that. Dokly is purpose-built for technical documentation: SDK references, API docs, product manuals, internal wikis.
  • Not a wiki for non-technical teams. Dokly assumes you're comfortable with Markdown semantics, even if you never look at the raw MDX. If your audience is sales ops, Notion is a better fit.

Who it's for#

Developer-tool startups

SDK docs, CLI references, integration guides. Ship a polished docs site without hiring a docs engineer.

API-first companies

OpenAPI import, interactive playground, multi-language code samples. Your reference is always in sync with your spec.

Internal engineering teams

Architecture decisions, runbooks, onboarding docs. Search and structure that scale past 50 pages.

Solo founders and indie hackers

No infrastructure tax. Free tier covers a small project; $19/mo unlocks search and bigger projects.

How Dokly compares#

| Feature | Dokly | Mintlify | GitBook | Docusaurus |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (DIY) |

| Visual editor | Yes | No (file-based) | Yes | No |

| MDX | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes |

| OpenAPI playground | Yes (Pro) | Yes | No | Plugin |

| Custom domain | Pro ($49) | Pro ($150+) | Pro ($65+) | Free (DIY) |

| Per-seat pricing | No | Yes | Yes | N/A |

| AI write/improve | Yes (built-in) | Yes (add-on) | Limited | No |

Next steps#