The Docusaurus
alternative for
builders on a budget.
Open-source static site generator for docs. Dokly is a visual MDX editor with AI that generates whole doc sites, custom domains, auto-generated llms.txt, and flat pricing starting at $0.
Free forever · No credit card · Ship in 5 minutes
What is Dokly?
Dokly is a documentation platform for shipping beautiful MDX docs without git. Visual editor, AI writing, auto-generated llms.txt, and custom domains from $19/month. Built as a simpler, cheaper Docusaurus alternative — Dokly Pro is $49/month vs Docusaurus's much higher.
Teams switching from Docusaurus to Dokly typically migrate in an afternoon. Pages are written in a WYSIWYG editor with slash commands and AI inline edits, with full MDX components — callouts, tabs, steps, code groups, accordions. Every published site is server-side rendered, ships with a machine-readable llms.txt manifest, and is indexed by ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and Perplexity. Pricing is flat: Free $0, Starter $19, Pro $49, Scale $99 — no per-seat surprises. Built with Next.js 15 and Supabase, deployed on Vercel, with sub-100ms page loads via static generation and on-demand revalidation. Most teams ship their first docs site in under 10 minutes.
Docusaurus is free, open-source, and excellent. Meta uses it. React Native uses it. It's not going anywhere.
But it's a static site generator — you own the Node toolchain, the hosting, the CI, the search infra, the analytics. That's real engineering time.
Why switch
Why teams pick Dokly over Docusaurus
No hosting, no CI, no ops
Docusaurus is free software; running it is not free. You manage Node, build pipelines, Vercel/Netlify, analytics, search. Dokly is hosted — we run it, you write.
Ship without a build step
Hit save, page is live. No npm run build, no redeploy, no waiting for CI. Non-engineers can edit without PRs.
AI-ready by default
llms.txt is generated automatically. On Docusaurus you write a plugin or hack a script.
Analytics + search included
Docusaurus ships the shell; Algolia DocSearch, analytics, and a comments system are bring-your-own. Dokly includes search and analytics in the $49/mo Pro plan.
AI, done right
Docs that write themselves.
Docs AI agents can actually read.
Start with a paragraph describing your product. Dokly AI scaffolds the whole site. Every page ships with llms.txt so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor can cite you.
Generate a whole doc site from a brief
Describe your product in a paragraph. Dokly drafts the full site structure — quickstart, guides, API reference — as real MDX pages you can edit.
Generate individual pages on demand
Need a new page? Hit 'Generate with AI' in the editor, describe what it should cover, and get a draft in seconds. Edit in place — it's just MDX.
Improve writing in place
Rewrite for clarity, tighten prose, fix tone. Highlight a paragraph and the AI edits exactly that — not the whole page.
llms.txt, auto-generated
Every Dokly site exposes an llms.txt so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor can parse and cite your docs. No config, no plugin.
AI-powered search for readers
Pro tier gives readers an AI answer box on top of fuzzy search. Ask a question, get a cited answer pulled from your pages.
More coming
Semantic linking between pages, AI-drafted changelogs from git diffs, automated translation, and an /llms-full.txt endpoint. Shipping through Q2.
Side-by-side
Dokly vs Docusaurus
We call the wins honestly — and the places Docusaurus is still stronger.
| Feature |  Dokly | Docusaurus |
|---|---|---|
| License | Commercial SaaS | MIT open-source |
| Starting cost | Free tier | $0 + hosting costs |
| Hosting | Managed | You host (Vercel/Netlify/S3) |
| Build step | None | Node build required |
| Visual editor | WYSIWYG MDX | None (edit .mdx in repo) |
| MDX + React components | ||
| Dark mode | ||
| Search | Built-in (Pro) | Algolia DocSearch (apply) |
| Analytics | Built-in (Pro) | Bring your own |
| Custom domain | Pro ($49) | Configure on your host |
| Versioned docsEmail support@dokly.co for beta access | Beta (contact us) | Yes |
| i18nDocusaurus wins here | Not yet | Yes |
| llms.txt | Auto-generated | Manual |
What we ship
The six features you'll use every day
Visual MDX editor
Write in a Notion-style WYSIWYG that outputs clean MDX under the hood. No YAML frontmatter required, no build step, no Git dance.
Instant fuzzy search
Fuse.js-powered client-side search that works offline and runs in under 100ms. No external search index bill to worry about.
Custom domain, zero DNS pain
Add docs.yoursite.com on Pro. SSL provisions automatically. Wildcard subdomain routing means your docs ship on day one.
Built-in analytics
See which pages get read, which search queries return nothing, and where readers drop off. No third-party tracker to wire up.
Themes + custom CSS
Pick a preset, set your brand color, or go deep with custom CSS on Pro. Your docs look like your product, not a template.
API Playground
Drop in an OpenAPI / Swagger spec and get an interactive 'Try it' panel per endpoint — request bodies, auth, response preview, all of it.
Migrating
Moving from Docusaurus
Honest take: there's no magic importer. It's a copy-paste job today. For most sites it takes an afternoon.
Grab your .mdx files
Your Docusaurus content lives as .mdx in /docs. Copy the files — that's your raw content.
Paste into Dokly
Create a project and paste each .mdx page into the editor. React components inside MDX carry over; some Docusaurus-specific plugins (admonitions, tabs) have Dokly equivalents.
Turn off your pipeline
Retire the GitHub Action, the Netlify build, and the Algolia config. Point your domain at Dokly. Enjoy the reclaimed afternoon.
Moving a large site? Email support@dokly.co — we'll help you move it.
Pricing
Real numbers. No footnotes.
Pricing pulled from Docusaurus's own pricing page on Apr 24, 2026.
DoklyFlat ratePrices verified Apr 24, 2026 from docusaurus.io.
FAQ
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