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mdBook vs Read The Docs

A side-by-side look at mdBook and Read The Docs. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

mdBook

mdBook

Development

mdBook is a command line tool and Rust crate to create books and documentation using Markdown files. It can generate HTML, PDF and eBook output, has themes and syntax highlighting support, and helps organize Markdown content into a book with table of contents generation.

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Read The Docs

Read The Docs

Development

Read The Docs is a free and open-source tool created in Python to help developers easily build documentation for software projects using Sphinx, MkDocs and other static site generators. It provides continuous integration, web hosting for documentation, versioning and search functionality.

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