I'm a solo dev and I built Dokly because I couldn't justify paying $300/month for documentation hosting.
What it is: A hosted platform where you write docs in MDX, hit publish, and get a static documentation site with custom domain, full-text search, and analytics.
The technical bits:
Single Next.js 15 app serves marketing site, dashboard, and all customer doc sites via middleware-based domain routing Supabase for auth/db/storage, Stripe for billing Static site generation means sub-100ms page loads Shiki for syntax highlighting (100+ languages) Fuse.js for client-side fuzzy search OpenAPI spec import generates interactive API playgrounds How it works:
You get a subdomain (yourproject.dokly.co) on free tier, or bring your own domain on Pro. The editor is MDX with live preview. Built-in components for callouts, tabs, code blocks, etc. Publish and it generates static HTML.
Why I built it:
I kept running into the same problem – needed docs for side projects, didn't want to maintain a Docusaurus setup, couldn't stomach enterprise pricing. Mintlify is great but $300/mo is a lot when you're bootstrapping.
You can try it without signing up – just check the public docs examples on the landing page to see what the output looks like. If you want to actually create something, there's a free tier (1 project, 5 pages, no credit card).
Pricing: Free / $19 / $49 / $99 tiers. Pro at $49 gets you custom domain, analytics, and unlimited pages.
Built this over the past few months while working full-time. Happy to answer questions about the architecture, the MDX rendering pipeline, or anything else.
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