Markdoc
Markdoc is a powerful documentation framework that allows you to write documentation in a flavor of Markdown.
Minimal configuration is required to build an existing Markdoc project on Read the Docs.
.readthedocs.yaml
version: 2
build:
os: ubuntu-24.04
tools:
nodejs: "22"
commands:
# Install dependencies
- cd docs/ && npm install
# Build the site
- cd docs/ && npm run build
# Copy generated files into Read the Docs directory
- mkdir --parents $READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html/
- cp --verbose --recursive docs/out/* $READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html/
Example configuration
In order to build a Markdoc project on Read the Docs, you need to generate static HTML from the Next JS build:
next.config.js
const withMarkdoc = require('@markdoc/next.js');
const nextConfig = {
// Optional: Export HTML files instead of a Node.js server
output: 'export',
// Optional: Change links `/me` -> `/me/` and emit `/me.html` -> `/me/index.html`
trailingSlash: true,
// Use Canonical URL, but only the path and with no trailing /
// End result is like: `/en/latest`
basePath: process.env.READTHEDOCS_CANONICAL_URL
? new URL(process.env.READTHEDOCS_CANONICAL_URL).pathname.replace(/\/$/, "")
: "",
}
module.exports =
withMarkdoc({mode: 'static'})({
pageExtensions: ['js', 'jsx', 'ts', 'tsx', 'md', 'mdoc'],
...nextConfig,
});
Limitations
All Read the Docs features are supported for Markdoc projects. There may be some Markdoc features that depend on server-side rendering that are not supported.
Getting started
If you have an existing Markdoc project you want to host on Read the Docs, check out our Adding a documentation project guide.
If you’re new to Markdoc, check out the official Getting started with Markdoc guide.