Read the Docs Addons

Read the Docs Addons is a group of features for documentation readers and maintainers that you can add to any documentation set hosted on Read the Docs:

DocDiff

highlight changed output from pull requests

Pull request notification

notify readers that they are reading docs from a pull request

Flyout

easily switch between versions and translations

Non-stable notification

notify readers that they are reading docs from a non stable release

Latest version notification

notify readers that they are reading docs from a development version

Search as you type

get search results faster

Enabling Read the Docs Addons

All projects using mkdocs mkdocs or the build.command build command are already using the Addons, other projects can enable them by following these steps:

  1. Go to the new dashboard:

  2. Click on a project name.

  3. Go to Settings, then in the left bar, go to Addons.

  4. Check Enable Addons, and then configure each Addon individually.

Note

Read the Docs Addons will be enabled by default for all Read the Docs projects on October 7th. Read the full announcement in our blog post.

Configuring Read the Docs Addons

Individual configuration options for each addon are available in Settings.

  1. Go to the new dashboard:

  2. Click on a project name.

  3. Go to Settings, then in the left bar, go to Addons.

  4. Configure each Addon individually.