Welcome to NovaDocs

NovaDocs is a self-hosted documentation CMS. You write docs in an admin panel, and readers get a clean public docs site.

You own the data. You can run it on your own server, with Docker, or on Vercel with a Postgres database (for example Supabase).

What you can do

Create multiple documentation projects
Write articles with a block editor (code tabs, file trees, steps, callouts, and more)
Organize content with categories, versions, and languages
Import from GitBook, GitHub, or Markdown files
Use a REST API and webhooks
Brand each project (logo, colors, domain)
Optionally connect the Discord companion bot so your community can search docs from Discord
Optionally add the config playground so readers can build and check config files on the page

Who this guide is for

This guide is written in plain language. You do not need to be a developer to follow most steps. When a command is needed, we show exactly what to copy and paste.

Next steps

Install with Docker (easiest on a VPS), or
Install manually (Node.js on your machine or server)
Then open First login
Browse Feature overview for live examples of docs content blocks