For technical writers

Documentation Software for Technical Writers

A real visual MDX editor for technical writers — without the YAML-config drudgery of Mintlify or the database-trapped feel of legacy CMSes.

Free forever · No credit card · Ship in 5 minutes

$0
Free forever plan
14 days
Free Pro trial, no card
MDX
Visual editor with components
llms.txt
Auto-generated on every site
An honest take

Most teams ship technical writers as an afterthought — a Notion page nobody reads, a wiki nobody updates, a PDF nobody opens.

Dokly makes technical writers a competitive edge: fast search, real structure, AI-ready, and a custom domain in one click.

Why Dokly

Built for teams that ship docs fast

A Writing Experience That Stays Out of Your Way

Markdown shortcuts, slash commands, and a structured editor — none of the broken-paste, formatting-fight feel of legacy WYSIWYG tools.

Real MDX, Real Components

Pages are MDX. Drop in Callouts, Cards, Tabs, Steps, code blocks, and the API Playground without writing custom React.

AI-Ready Output

Auto-generated llms.txt and sitemap, plus clean semantic HTML so your writing actually gets cited by ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity.

Lives at Your Domain (Pro)

On Pro, docs live at docs.yourcompany.com so SEO authority and AI citations point to your brand.

How it works

Live in an afternoon

No demo call. No sales onboarding. Sign up, paste your content, ship.

01

Sign up free

Create your workspace and get a *.dokly.co subdomain in under a minute. No credit card. 14-day Pro trial included.

02

Write or import

Author in the visual MDX editor with callouts, cards, tabs, steps, and code blocks. Paste from existing docs to get started fast.

03

Ship your domain

Add your custom domain on Pro. Auto-generated llms.txt and sitemap mean AI crawlers and search engines can read your site on day one.

What you get

Features that matter for technical writers

MDX Editor

Visual editor with Markdown shortcuts, slash commands, and full MDX component support — Tiptap-based.

Shiki Code Blocks

Server-rendered syntax highlighting via Shiki across the languages it supports. Use Tabs for multi-language samples.

Structured Components

Reusable MDX components like Callout, Card, Tabs, Steps, API Endpoint, and API Playground for consistent docs.

Custom Domain (Pro)

Bring your own domain on Pro with SSL handled for you.

Search (Starter+)

Fast client-side search across every page on Starter and above.

AI-Ready Output

Auto-generated llms.txt and sitemap, plus clean semantic HTML.

AI, done right

Docs AI agents can actually read

When users ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Cursor about technical writers, your content is what gets cited — not a competitor's.

Auto-generated llms.txt

Every Dokly site ships with a clean llms.txt so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Cursor can cite your docs accurately. No setup.

Structured semantic HTML

Pages render as clean, semantic HTML — the kind LLM crawlers parse perfectly. No SPA-rendering headaches.

Custom domain on day one

Authority lives at your domain, not a subpath. Your AI citations point home, not to a vendor's URL.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you grow.

Flat pricing. No per-seat add-ons. No surprise bills.

Free
$0/mo

1 project, 5 pages, *.dokly.co subdomain

Starter
$19/mo

3 projects, 25 pages each, search, 500 MB storage

Popular
Pro
$49/mo

10 projects, unlimited pages, custom domain, analytics, API playground

FAQ

Questions we actually get

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Ship docs in an afternoon

Start free. Bring your MDX. Flip your domain when you're ready. No sales call. No credit card.