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Dev tools · January 20, 2026

Dokly

Hey HN, I'm a solo dev and I built Dokly because I couldn't justify paying $300/month for documentation hosting. What it is: A hosted platform where you write docs in MDX, hit publish, and get a static documentation site with custom domain, full-text search, and analytics. The technical bits: Single Next.js 15 app serves marketing site, dashboard, and all customer doc sites via middleware-based domain routing Supabase for auth/db/storage, Stripe for billing Static site generation means sub-100ms page loads Shiki for syntax highlighting (100+ languages) Fuse.js for client-side…

Dokly launched on January 20, 2026 with 2 votes, #6,591 of 14,584 launches that month.

What it does

Dokly is a modern documentation platform for developers and startups. Get beautiful docs with custom domains, MDX editor with live preview, instant Cmd+K search, OpenAPI playground, analytics, and team collaboration. Unlike Mintlify ($300/mo) or GitBook, Dokly starts free and Pro is just $49/mo—no per-seat surprises or AI overages. Features: 100+ language syntax highlighting, dark mode, custom branding, SEO optimization, versioned docs, and GitHub sync. Ship docs in minutes, not days.

Auto-generated llms.txt so Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT find your product. A visual editor — no git, no YAML. The affordable Mintlify alternative built for the AI-first internet.

Same editor. Two shapes. Ship in minutes — no setup, no engineers. This is the real editor and the real renderer. Try editing it. This is the actual editor and the actual renderer — not a mockup. Today they go stale. With Dokly, your team ships them — in minutes. Publish it yourself. Live in seconds — no engineer in the loop. Answers, not dead ends. Instant search and cited AI replies. No clone, no PR, no deploy. Open the editor, type, hit Publish — live in seconds. Writers ship the docs themselves, engineering stays focused on the product. ~6 engineering hours saved per week vs. git-based docs workflows. Set colors, fonts, and your own domain in clicks. Docs that look like the product…from dokly.co

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, I'm a solo dev and I built Dokly because I couldn't justify paying $300/month for documentation hosting. What it is: A hosted platform where you write docs in MDX, hit publish, and get a static documentation site with custom domain, full-text search, and analytics. The technical bits: Single Next.js 15…

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