Is devdocs still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today.

Widely used. 40k stars, 13 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to install devdocs on Linux (freeCodeCamp/devdocs) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

freeCodeCamp/devdocs

API Documentation Browser

Node.jsRuby#api-documentation#app#devdocs#developer-tools

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MPL-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today.
Can I trust it?: Widely used40k stars, 13 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 39,621
Activity: Updated this month

Fresh setup, read just now

Will it work on Linux?

Yes, with Docker on Linux

It's a self-hosted app: the README runs it with Docker, and you open it in your browser.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗devdocs.ioThe project's own site.

Also: In the browser ↗

Run it with Docker

A self-hosted app: Docker runs it on your computer and you open it in the browser. Needs Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine on Linux). Run docker compose commands inside the cloned repo folder.

Docker

docker run --name devdocs -d -p 9292:9292 ghcr.io/freecodecamp/devdocs:latest

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

Did you get it running?

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Parts list

1×Node.js 26.12.1runtime
1×Ruby 4.0.9runtime
1×Docker tool
1×npm package manager
1×bundler package manager

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Good to know

Dockerfile available (base image: ruby:4.0.8).
Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.
Tool versions pinned in .tool-versions — mise install (or asdf install) installs them all.

Details

License: MPL-2.0
Open issues: 196
Branch: main

package.json scripts (2)

testnode --import ./test/assets/setup.js --test test/assets/*_test.js
typechecktsc -p tsconfig.json && tsc -p test/assets/tsconfig.json

Files we read (13)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

.github/workflows/deploy-heroku.yml

.github/workflows/docker-build.yml

.github/workflows/schedule-doc-report.yml

.github/workflows/test.yml

.ruby-version

.tool-versions

Dockerfile

Gemfile

Procfile

README.md

package.json

1,991 files in the repo

Yes, with Docker on Linux

Start here

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