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Docusaurus is an open source tool for building documentation and project websites. It turns Markdown/MDX content into a static site and provides a React-based framework to customize layouts and extend functionality.

Key Features

• Docs and blog content authored in Markdown and MDX (with embedded React components)
• Built-in documentation versioning to keep multiple product versions in sync
• Internationalization (i18n) support for localized documentation sites
• Pluggable architecture with themes and plugins for extensibility
• Static HTML output suitable for simple hosting and deployments
• Search integration support (commonly used with external doc-search providers)

Use Cases

• Product and API documentation portals for open source or internal projects
• Versioned release documentation for libraries, SDKs, and platforms
• Lightweight project websites that combine docs, blog posts, and landing pages

Docusaurus is a strong fit when you want content-first docs with modern UI customization via React, while still generating a fast static website that is easy to deploy and maintain.