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Getting Started

Install Clay, build a first site in five minutes and learn which file does what.

Clay turns a folder of Markdown files into a documentation website. You write pages in docs/, describe the site in clay.yaml, and Clay builds static files you can publish anywhere. No templates, no theme to configure, no JavaScript to write.

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Add Clay to a project, or try it without installing Installation
Go from an empty folder to a finished site Quick Start
Know what each file and folder of a project is for Project Structure

#What you need

  • Node.js and npm
  • A folder of Markdown files, or the wish to write some
  • A text editor; clay dev shows every change in the browser right away

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