Read the Docs
Documentation platform that builds and hosts from your Git repo
Read the Docs is a documentation building and hosting platform that connects to Git repositories and treats documentation as code. It builds documentation from source, hosts it on a CDN, and provides versioned docs, integrated search, pull request previews, and access controls. It has hosted open source documentation since 2010 and company documentation since 2014.
The platform supports Sphinx, MkDocs, Docusaurus, VitePress, and Markdoc, with builds triggered on every repository change. Features include versioning from branches or tags, localization, pull request previews with visual diffs, custom domains with SSL, redirects, subprojects, webhooks, and offline PDF/EPUB output. AI-related capabilities include llms.txt and llms-full.txt serving, Markdown content negotiation, and agent skills for tools such as Claude Code and Cursor. Integrations cover GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, with SSO via GitHub, GitLab, or Google depending on the plan.
Read the Docs is used by open source projects and company documentation teams. Open source and community projects are hosted free through the Community plan. Paid plans are billed monthly or annually, with a 30-day trial, and include Basic, Advanced, and Pro tiers that vary by build concurrency, custom domains, redirects, analytics retention, and SSO options. Enterprise plans are also available.
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