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Discussion on: Best static docs generator for develor experience?

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CodeWithCaen

Sorry for the shameless self promotion, but the software I am currently developing sounds like it's made just for you. It's called HydePHP, but don't let the name fool you, you actually don't need to write a single line of PHP to use it. Simply install it, add Markdown pages in the _docs directory and run php hyde build in your terminal.

Hyde will automatically create a beautiful static HTML documentation site based on your Markdown. You can even add Torchlight for amazing syntax highlighting.

Here is a link to the documentation site which is both built with Hyde and is hosted on GitHub pages and is actually compiled and deployed in a GitHub action. hydephp.com/docs/

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Adam Crockett 🌀

Aw maybe when I give laravel a whirl but I don't have PHP on my system, still this might help others who have

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CodeWithCaen

Hyde is actually based on Laravel Zero (stripped down version of Laravel) so when you try Laravel you'll feel right at home :)