WIwiradikusuma·Jul 5, 2024Submission
Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book
21 points · Open discussionalex-shpak
hugo-book
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hugo-book
Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book
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Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book
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Observed mentions: 2022-06-03 22:28:33 UTC to 2024-07-05 10:48:51 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jun 2022 | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2022 | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2022 | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2022 | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2022 | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2022 | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2023 | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2023 | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2023 | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2023 | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jul 2023 | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2023 | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2023 | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2023 | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2023 | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2024 | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2024 | 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2024 | 2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2024 | 2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2024 | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesSo far, in this thread (in no particular order):
- [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/)
- [Hugo Book](https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book)
- [MdBook](https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/)
- [MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/)
- [MkDocs Material](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/)
- [GitBook](https://www.gitbook.com/)
- [Antora](https://antora.org/)
- [Docusaurus](https://docusaurus.io/)
- [Nextra](https://nextra.site/)
- [Astro](https://astro.build/)
- [Starlight](https://starlight.astro.build/)
- [Clowncar](https://github.com/secretGeek/clowncar)
- [Keenwrite](https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite)
- [Quarto](https://quarto.org/)
- [Honkit](https://github.com/honkit/honkit)
- [JupyterBook](https://jupyterbook.org/)
In MdBook – A command line tool to create books with MarkdownI use hugo with the book theme (https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book). It takes a bit of getting used to (if you're not familiar with hugo) but after that it's pretty good with all the flexibility that hugo provides for shortcodes, etc. You can get auto numbering of figures, equations, etc. with appropriate shortcodes. Is it possible to get autonumbering in mdBook?
It also gives a nice toc/tags on the right side (if you want it), and the ability to split the page into columns. The katex support is good (looks like mdBook uses mathjax) and publishing is easy and is just a push/rsync.
In MdBook – A command line tool to create books with MarkdownWe generate a static website using Hugo and a documentation theme. [1] Non-technical members of our team can use Markdown easily and publish changes on their own schedule thanks to a very simple but sturdy CI/CD setup (GitHub Actions and NGINX).
Stripe's documentation is way over-engineered and wasteful IMO, and probably requires a massive team to maintain.
[1] https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book
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