Docsmith

Docsmith is a small PHP package for turning Markdown files into a static documentation site.

Current capabilities

Build a multi-page documentation site from a Markdown directory.
Generate one HTML page per Markdown file.
Publish local CSS assets into the output directory.
Publish local JS assets for search, theme toggle, and code-copy UX.
Support both a static entry point and a fluent builder API.
Build sites from the command line via the bundled bin/docsmith binary.
Render Markdown through League CommonMark with GitHub-flavored extensions.
Parse frontmatter metadata (title, description, slug, order, sidebar_label, hidden).
Hide pages from navigation, search, and pagination via frontmatter hidden: true.
Generate search-index.json, sitemap.xml, and .nojekyll.
Support repository/edit links and previous/next page navigation.
Build multiple documentation versions with a version switcher.
Search overlay with Cmd+K / Ctrl+K keyboard shortcut.
AI-consumable export: llms.txt, llms-full.txt, export/docs.md.
Open Graph / Twitter card tags and generated social preview images.
Sidebar "Built with DocSmith" attribution that can be disabled per build.
Validate the package with Pest, PHPStan, Rector, and Pint.

Docsmith is actively used to generate documentation for multiple packages and supports static-hosting workflows out of the box.

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