Dev tools · September 11, 2025
I Built Davia–A New Way to Create Interactive Documents with Code
I’ve been working on something called Davia — a platform for creating interactive documents. These are “living documents”: each page is self-contained, combining editable content, interactive components, and data. You can read them, edit them, and actually interact with them — more like mini-apps than static docs. Here’s what makes it interesting: The interactive components are pieces of code generated on the fly, so you’re not limited to a fixed set of blocks like in Notion. You can create infinitely flexible functionality right inside a doc. Technically, an interactive page is an ensemble…
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I’ve been working on something called Davia — a platform for creating interactive documents. These are “living documents”: each page is self-contained, combining editable content, interactive components, and data. You can read them, edit them, and actually interact with them — more like mini-apps than static docs. Here’s what makes it interesting: The interactive components are pieces of code generated on the fly, so you’re not limited to a fixed set of blocks like in Notion. You can create infinitely flexible functionality right inside a doc. Technically, an interactive page is an ensemble of components (MDX file), data (JSON file), and a main HTML file — all bundled and compiled on the fly. This gives each document its own portable architecture. Once built, you can publish your doc either as a live site (with a custom URL and persistent interactions) or as an open-source template that others can import, remix, and build upon. We’re building an open-source community around this. If people import your templates, you’ll be credited (and in beta, you can even earn from them). It’s free to use while we’re in beta, and I’d love to build it with you. If you enjoy tinkering with small tools, pushing the limits of interactive docs, or want to explore new ways of sharing knowledge, this could be fun. Feedback, ideas, and contributions are more than welcome — join us in r/davia_ai!
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Hi HN, We’re Ruben, Afnan, and Theo. A few days ago we shared the first early version of Davia, and the feedback was far more active than we expected. For context, you can see the previous discussion and reactions here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880716 Based on that response, we decided to push things further and release Davia as a fully open-source package you can run locally. Davia helps coding agents generate a structured, editable internal wiki for your project. The focus is on high-level documentation: onboarding context, architectural overviews, key design…
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