Explain your ideas
Quickly design your documentation and optimise it for search engine optimisation to showcase your products.
Features
Everything you need, out of the box
Explainer gives you the tools to focus on your content, not your tooling.
Markdown & MDX
Write content in Markdown or MDX with custom components, directives, and JSX support.
Lightning fast
Static site generation for instant page loads. Zero JavaScript shipped by default.
Rich code blocks
Dual-theme syntax highlighting, line diffs, focus mode, and 60+ language icons.
Built-in search
Command palette search so your readers find any page instantly.
SEO ready
Auto-generated OG thumbnails, sitemap, robots.txt, and RSS feed.
Dark mode
Full light and dark theme support with system preference detection.
Highlights
Why Explainer?
Built for developers who care about their users' experience.
Ship docs in minutes, not days
Clone the repo, write your Markdown, deploy. No complex setup, no build pipeline to configure. Your documentation is live before your coffee gets cold.
Your brand, your way
Tailwind CSS design tokens let you match your documentation to your product identity with a few CSS variable changes.
Extensible by design
Drop in React, Vue, or Svelte components directly in your Markdown. Build interactive examples, live demos, and API playgrounds.
Built for growth
From a single getting-started guide to hundreds of pages — the architecture scales with your project. Multi-collection docs, versioning-ready structure, and automatic navigation.
Testimonials
Loved by developers
See what developers are saying about their experience.
@sarahchen
The best documentation framework I've used. Setup took 5 minutes and the output looks incredible.
@mrivera
Finally, a docs tool that doesn't fight you. Markdown in, beautiful site out. Exactly what we needed.
@aishap
The built-in search and SEO features saved us weeks of work. Our docs rank on page one now.
@tmueller
Dark mode, code highlighting, view transitions — it has everything out of the box. No plugins needed.
@sarahchen
The best documentation framework I've used. Setup took 5 minutes and the output looks incredible.
@mrivera
Finally, a docs tool that doesn't fight you. Markdown in, beautiful site out. Exactly what we needed.
@aishap
The built-in search and SEO features saved us weeks of work. Our docs rank on page one now.
@tmueller
Dark mode, code highlighting, view transitions — it has everything out of the box. No plugins needed.
@sarahchen
The best documentation framework I've used. Setup took 5 minutes and the output looks incredible.
@mrivera
Finally, a docs tool that doesn't fight you. Markdown in, beautiful site out. Exactly what we needed.
@aishap
The built-in search and SEO features saved us weeks of work. Our docs rank on page one now.
@tmueller
Dark mode, code highlighting, view transitions — it has everything out of the box. No plugins needed.
@sarahchen
The best documentation framework I've used. Setup took 5 minutes and the output looks incredible.
@mrivera
Finally, a docs tool that doesn't fight you. Markdown in, beautiful site out. Exactly what we needed.
@aishap
The built-in search and SEO features saved us weeks of work. Our docs rank on page one now.
@tmueller
Dark mode, code highlighting, view transitions — it has everything out of the box. No plugins needed.
@erossi
We migrated from Docusaurus in a weekend. The MDX component system is so much more flexible.
@dkim
The developer experience is top notch. Hot reload is instant and the API reference integration is perfect.
@lisaj
Our team loves writing docs now. The components make it easy to create rich, interactive content.
@jwalker
Seriously impressed by the OG thumbnail generation. Every page gets a beautiful social card automatically.
@erossi
We migrated from Docusaurus in a weekend. The MDX component system is so much more flexible.
@dkim
The developer experience is top notch. Hot reload is instant and the API reference integration is perfect.
@lisaj
Our team loves writing docs now. The components make it easy to create rich, interactive content.
@jwalker
Seriously impressed by the OG thumbnail generation. Every page gets a beautiful social card automatically.
@erossi
We migrated from Docusaurus in a weekend. The MDX component system is so much more flexible.
@dkim
The developer experience is top notch. Hot reload is instant and the API reference integration is perfect.
@lisaj
Our team loves writing docs now. The components make it easy to create rich, interactive content.
@jwalker
Seriously impressed by the OG thumbnail generation. Every page gets a beautiful social card automatically.
@erossi
We migrated from Docusaurus in a weekend. The MDX component system is so much more flexible.
@dkim
The developer experience is top notch. Hot reload is instant and the API reference integration is perfect.
@lisaj
Our team loves writing docs now. The components make it easy to create rich, interactive content.
@jwalker
Seriously impressed by the OG thumbnail generation. Every page gets a beautiful social card automatically.
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Latest news and tips from the Explainer team.
