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MkDocs vs Read The Docs

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

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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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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