create-docus

CLI tool to create beautiful docs with Markdown

The fastest way to create a new Docus documentation project. This CLI tool scaffolds a complete documentation website using the docus Nuxt layer.

🚀 Quick Start

Create a new documentation project in seconds:

# Create a new project
npx create-docus my-docs

# Or create with i18n template for multi-language docs
npx create-docus my-docs -t i18n

# Navigate to your project
cd my-docs

# Start development server
npm run dev

That's it! Your documentation site will be running at http://localhost:3000

🌍 Templates

Default Template

Creates a basic documentation project ready for single-language content.

I18n Template

Use the -t i18n flag to create a project with internationalization support:

npx create-docus my-docs -t i18n

The i18n template includes:

• Pre-configured @nuxtjs/i18n module
• Locale-based content structure (content/en/, content/fr/)
• Built-in language switcher
• Automatic URL prefixing (/en/docs, /fr/docs)

🎯 What it creates

The CLI scaffolds a complete documentation project with:

• ✨ Beautiful Design - Clean, modern documentation theme
• 📱 Responsive - Mobile-first responsive design
• 🌙 Dark Mode - Built-in dark/light mode support
• 🌍 Internationalization - Native i18n support for multi-language docs
• 🔍 Search - Full-text search functionality
• 📝 Markdown Enhanced - Extended markdown with custom components
• 🎨 Customizable - Easy theming and brand customization
• ⚡ Fast - Optimized for performance with Nuxt 4
• 🔧 TypeScript - Full TypeScript support

📁 Project Structure

Generated project

my-docs/
├── content/              # Your markdown content
│   ├── index.md         # Homepage
│   └── docs/            # Documentation pages
├── public/              # Static assets
└── package.json         # Dependencies and scripts

Optional files and folders

Docus uses a layer system, you can go further and use any feature or file of a classical Nuxt project:

my-docs/
├── app.config.ts        # App configuration
├── nuxt.config.ts       # Nuxt configuration (add extra modules, components, etc.)
├── app/                 # App directory
│   ├── components/      # Components (add your own components)
│   ├── layouts/         # Layouts (add your own layouts)
│   └── pages/           # Pages (add your own pages)
└── server/              # Server-side code (add your own server-side code)

/content folder structure

Single language structure:

content/
├── index.md
├── getting-started.md
└── guide/
    ├── introduction.md
    └── configuration.md

Multi-language structure (with i18n):

content/
├── en/
│   ├── index.md
│   └── guide/
│       └── introduction.md
└── fr/
    ├── index.md
    └── guide/
        └── introduction.md

⚡ Built with

Your project comes pre-configured with the best of the Nuxt ecosystem:

• Nuxt 4 - The web framework
• Nuxt Content - File-based CMS
• Nuxt UI - UI components
• Nuxt Image - Optimized images
• Tailwind CSS 4 - Utility-first CSS
• Docus Layer - Documentation theme

🔗 Related Packages

• docus - The Nuxt layer that powers your documentation

📖 Documentation

For detailed documentation on customizing your Docus project, visit the Docus Documentation

🛠️ Development

This repository contains the CLI tool source code.

Local Development

To contribute to the CLI tool:

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/nuxt-content/docus

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build the CLI
pnpm run build

# Run the dev server to run the docus docs
pnpm run dev

📄 License

Published under the MIT license.