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Just The Docs

Just The Docs is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. A modern, high customizable, responsive Jekyll theme for documentation with built-in search. It has 9,225 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.

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Get started

Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.

Copy with degit
npx degit just-the-docs/just-the-docs my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/just-the-docs/just-the-docs.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Just The Docs

Just the Docs A modern, highly customizable, and responsive Jekyll theme for documentation with built-in search. Easily hosted on GitHub Pages with few dependencies. See it in action!

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  • Jekyll
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FAQ

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How do I use Just The Docs?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit just-the-docs/just-the-docs my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.

Can I use Just The Docs for commercial projects?

Yes. Just The Docs is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.

Is Just The Docs maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. Its latest release is v0.12.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.