Read the Docs: Documentation Simplified

Read the Docs simplifies software documentation by building, versioning, and hosting of your docs, automatically. Think of it as Continuous Documentation.

Never out of sync 🔄

Whenever you push code to your favorite version control system, whether that is Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, or Subversion, Read the Docs will automatically build your docs so your code and documentation are always up-to-date. Read more about Incoming Webhooks and Automation.

Multiple versions 🗂️

Read the Docs can host and build multiple versions of your docs so having a 1.0 version of your docs and a 2.0 version of your docs is as easy as having a separate branch or tag in your version control system. Read more about Versioned Documentation.

Open Source and User Focused 💓

Our code is free and open source. Our company is bootstrapped and 100% user focused. Read the Docs Community hosts documentation for over 100,000 large and small open source projects, in almost every human and computer language. Read the Docs for Business supports hundreds of organizations with product and internal documentation.

You can find out more about our all the Read the Docs features in these pages.

First steps

Are you new to software documentation or are you looking to use your existing docs with Read the Docs? Learn about documentation authoring tools such as Sphinx and MkDocs to help you create fantastic documentation for your project.

Getting started with Read the Docs

Learn more about configuring your automated documentation builds and some of the core features of Read the Docs.

Step-by-step Guides

These guides will help walk you through specific use cases related to Read the Docs itself, documentation tools like Sphinx and MkDocs and how to write successful documentation.

Advanced features of Read the Docs

Read the Docs offers many advanced features and options. Learn more about these integrations and how you can get the most out of your documentation and Read the Docs.

The Read the Docs project and organization

Learn about Read the Docs, the project and the company, and find out how you can get involved and contribute to the development and success of Read the Docs and the larger software documentation ecosystem.