alnoda-workspaces/workspaces/mkdocs-magicspace/README.md
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MkDocs-MagicSpace

MkDocs-MagicSpace is an all-in-one tool, carefully crafted to make the development of gorgeous documentation websites like this one as easy as possible.

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Why this images

If want a ready tool to develop and build beautiful doccumentation websites with only Markdown.

Why documentation websites with MkDocs

Why create separate documentation websites? And if so, why MkDocs?

  • MkDocs website with beautiful themes looks much better than any readme file. The resulting documentation website looks professional and awesome.
  • MkDocs adds text search to your documentation website.
  • In the case of closed-source software, sharing readme files from the git repository with external users is not an option.
  • Github does not render beautiful extended markdown features like admonitions, tabs, etc. Neither renders diagrams, formulas, swagger docs, or notebooks.
  • Using MkDocs-MagicSpace you create documentation from the same markdown readme files you have in your repo together with the code. And you can create a unified documentation website from multiple repositories in Github, GitLab, Bitbucket.
  • You can add such features as Google Analytics, multi-language localization.

Start

docker run --name space-1 -d -p 8020-8035:8020-8035 alnoda/mkdocs-magicspace

and open localhost:8020 in browser.

Features

MkDocs:

  • MkDocs - a fast, simple and downright gorgeous static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation.
  • Material for MkDocs - gorgeous theme for MkDocs.
  • PyMdown Extensions - add even more cool features of the extended markdown: sub- and superscripts, keys, magic links, sane headers etc.
  • Mkdocs-macro plugin - add variables and macros written in Python!
  • Mkdocs-multirepo-plugin - import docs directly from git repositories.
  • Mkdocs-monorepo plugin - build multiple documentation folders in a single Mkdocs. Designed for large codebases.
  • MkDocs Newsletter - show the changes of documentation repositories in a user friendly format, at the same time that it's easy for the authors to maintain.
  • Mkdocs-mermaid2-plugin - renders textual graph descriptions into Mermaid graphs (flow charts, sequence diagrams, pie charts, etc.).
  • Pygments - a generic syntax highlighter suitable for use in code hosting, forums, wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code, with over 500 languages and other text formats.
  • Mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin - include Markdown files completely or partially, and include files of any type.
  • Mkdocs-table-reader-plugin - directly insert CSV files as tables in your website.

Dev tools:

  • Eclipse Theia - open source version of popular Visual Studio Code IDE. Theia is trully open-source, has VS-Code extensions and works in browser. This means it can run inside a docker container on local machine or in cloud. A lot of beautiful color themes and many common plugins are already installed to save time.
  • Terminal - secure browser-based terminal.
  • FileBrowser - manage files and folders inside the workspace, and exchange data between local environment and the workspace
  • Cronicle - task scheduler and runner, with a web based front-end UI. It handles both scheduled, repeating and on-demand jobs, targeting any number of worker servers, with real-time stats and live log viewer.
  • Static File Server - view any static html sites as easy as if you do it on your local machine. Serve static websites easily.
  • Ungit - rings user friendliness to git without sacrificing the versatility of it.
  • MkDocs - create awesome documentation for your project with only markdown.
  • Midnight Commander - Feature rich visual file manager with internal text viewer and editor.
  • Process Monitor - Monitor running process and resource utilization.
  • Quicklaunch UI with getting started tutorial

Image is built from Ubuntu 20.4 with the additional CLI apps

  • Zsh, Oh my Zsh
  • Python 3, Pip
  • Node/nodeenv
  • curl, wget, telnet, jq
  • Git: git, git-flow, lazygit
  • File browsers: mc, xplr
  • Text editors: nano, vim, mcedit
  • System monitors: ncdu, htop, glances, vizex
  • Process Control: supervisord
  • Job scheduler: cron

Docs

See our guides on getting started, extended Markdown tutorials and advanced features.