mdBook
Markdown · Rust
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Builds a searchable static site from a folder of Markdown files, used for the Rust book and similar project documentation.
Shows weak copyleft on a build tool: the pages it generates carry no obligations, only modifications to mdBook's own files do.Community pick
Details
- Use case
- Markdown
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- MPL-2.0Weak copyleft: Changes to the library itself stay open; your own code need not.MPL-2.0 attaches only to mdBook's own source files, so a patched file must be shared back while your book content, themes and preprocessors stay yours.
- Activity
- ActiveReleasing regularly
- Package
- crates.io: mdbook
- Repository
- github.com/rust-lang/mdBook
- Tags
- documentation · static-site · markdown · rust · book
crates.io
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