Docsify Starter Kits | Open Course Sites, Multi-course Hubs, and Publishing Spaces

Open course sites, multi-course hubs, and publishing spaces. Customizable and deployable almost anywhere, including your own custom domain – created for educators, writers, and teams who want an open publishing workflow with full platform independence.

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Meet the Docsify Starter Kits

The Docsify Starter Kits are a family of free, open-source templates that transform Docsify.js – a documentation-style site generator – into ready-to-run open course sites, multi-course hubs, and publishing spaces. Built on Markdown files hosted on GitHub or Codeberg with manual setup, with no web server setup required, and the flexibility to host anywhere, including your own custom domain.

No build process, complete platform independence, and LMS-ready embedding out of the box — Docsify generates your site live from Markdown files, so there's nothing to compile, no pipeline to maintain, and your content stays yours throughout.

Docsify Open Course Starter Kit

Docsify Open MultiCourse Starter Kit

Docsify Open Publishing Starter Kit

Each kit shares a common foundation: open, portable Markdown files you fully control, GitHub Pages hosting at no cost, and a flexible embedding workflow for LMS platforms like Canvas and Moodle. Start with a single course and grow from there – bringing your content with you at each step.

How do These Compare to Docsify-This? Comfortable with GitHub? The Starter Kits are a natural fit – your repository is the site, with no hosting costs. The Starter Kits offer your own URL, complete CSS control, and the freedom to host wherever you choose. You can also start with Docsify-This and move that same content to a Starter Kit when needed.

Who They're For

Educators sharing course materials, OER, and resources outside or alongside their primary LMS – from a single course to a full multi-course hub
Writers and publishers wanting frictionless Markdown web publishing
Teams maintaining documentation in GitHub or Codeberg repositories

Built for Publishing and Sharing

A complete, ready-to-run site from your Markdown files – yours to host, customize, and share wherever you choose.

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Customizable Customize fonts, colors, and behavior with CSS.

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Edit in place Update your Markdown source files directly on GitHub – no re-publishing needed.

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Live preview, no build step Commit to GitHub and changes go live shortly after or work locally and see changes instantly in the browser – no build process, no pipeline either way.

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Optional "Edit this Page" link Enable a direct link to each page's Markdown source for easy community contribution and open authoring workflows.

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LMS-ready embedding Use URL parameters to display only page content, toggle a Table of Contents, show or hide the navbar, and more.

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Open by default (you control it) Free, open-source, and your content lives in your own GitHub repository – open, portable, and version-controlled throughout.

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Choose Your Kit

Three kits, one shared foundation – pick the one that matches your publishing goal.

Docsify Open Course Starter Kit