What is vitepress?
VitePress is a static site generator powered by Vite and Vue. It is designed to be simple and performant, making it ideal for documentation sites and blogs.
What are vitepress's main functionalities?
Creating a Basic Site
This feature allows you to set up a basic VitePress site. The provided code snippet shows how to add scripts to your `package.json` to start the development server, build the site, and serve the built site.
```json
{
"scripts": {
"dev": "vitepress dev",
"build": "vitepress build",
"serve": "vitepress serve"
}
}
```
Markdown Support
VitePress supports Markdown out of the box, allowing you to write your content in a simple and readable format. The code snippet demonstrates a basic Markdown file with headings and paragraphs.
```markdown
# Hello VitePress
This is a paragraph in VitePress.
## Subheading
More content here.
```
Customizing the Theme
You can customize the theme of your VitePress site by extending the default theme. The code snippet shows how to replace the default layout with a custom Vue component.
```js
// .vitepress/theme/index.js
import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme'
import MyLayout from './MyLayout.vue'
export default {
...DefaultTheme,
Layout: MyLayout
}
```
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VitePress 📝💨
VitePress is a Vue-powered static site generator and a spiritual successor to VuePress, built on top of Vite.
Documentation
To check out docs, visit vitepress.dev.
Changelog
Detailed changes for each release are documented in the CHANGELOG.
Contribution
Please make sure to read the Contributing Guide before making a pull request.
License
MIT
Copyright (c) 2019-present, Yuxi (Evan) You