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mdBook vs MkDocs

A side-by-side look at mdBook and MkDocs. 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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MkDocs

MkDocs

Development

MkDocs is a fast, simple and downright gorgeous static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.

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