---
title: "Docus"
description: "Markdown-based documentation starter with Nuxt and Vue components."
url: "https://vercel.com/templates/nuxt/docus"
links:
  repository: "https://github.com/nuxt-content/docus/tree/main/.starters/default"
  demo: "https://docus.dev/"
  deploy: "https://vercel.com/new/clone?demo-title=Docus&demo-description=Markdown-based+documentation+starter+with+Nuxt+and+Vue+components.&demo-url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocus.dev%2F&demo-image=%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fe5382hct74si%2F5rLcegeMuG3ggDNfQt7rj9%2F040036056f7b30d2c99dc8998dc6b132%2Fdocus.png&project-name=Docus&repository-name=docus&repository-url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnuxt-content%2Fdocus%2Ftree%2Fmain%2F.starters%2Fdefault&from=templates&skippable-integrations=1"
---

# Docus

Markdown-based documentation starter with Nuxt and Vue components.

# Docus Default Starter

> A beautiful, minimal starter for creating documentation with Docus

This is the default Docus starter template that provides everything you need to build beautiful documentation sites with Markdown and Vue components.

> [!TIP]
> If you're looking for i18n support, check out the [i18n starter](https://github.com/nuxt-themes/docus/tree/main/.starters/i18n).

## ✨ Features

- 🎨 **Beautiful Design** - Clean, modern documentation theme
- 📱 **Responsive** - Mobile-first responsive design  
- 🌙 **Dark Mode** - Built-in dark/light mode support
- 🔍 **Search** - Full-text search functionality
- 📝 **Markdown Enhanced** - Extended markdown with custom components
- 🎨 **Customizable** - Easy theming and brand customization
- ⚡ **Fast** - Optimized for performance with Nuxt 4
- 🔧 **TypeScript** - Full TypeScript support

## 🚀 Quick Start

```bash
# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server
npm run dev
```

Your documentation site will be running at `http://localhost:3000`

## 📁 Project Structure

```
my-docs/
├── content/              # Your markdown content
│   ├── index.md         # Homepage
│   ├── 1.getting-started/  # Getting started section
│   └── 2.essentials/    # Essential documentation
├── public/              # Static assets
└── package.json         # Dependencies and scripts
```

## ⚡ Built with

This starter comes pre-configured with:

- [Nuxt 4](https://nuxt.com) - The web framework
- [Nuxt Content](https://content.nuxt.com/) - File-based CMS
- [Nuxt UI](https://ui.nuxt.com) - UI components
- [Nuxt Image](https://image.nuxt.com/) - Optimized images
- [Tailwind CSS 4](https://tailwindcss.com/) - Utility-first CSS
- [Docus Layer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/docus) - Documentation theme

## 📖 Documentation

For detailed documentation on customizing your Docus project, visit the [Docus Documentation](https://docus.dev)

### 🤖 AI Assistant Skill

Get started quickly with Docus by adding specialized knowledge to your AI assistant (Cursor, Claude, etc.):

```bash
npx skills add nuxt-content/docus
```

This skill helps you create documentation faster by providing your AI assistant with best practices, MDC component usage, ready-to-use templates, writing guidelines, and configuration tips for Docus. Perfect for quickly scaffolding new documentation projects.

## 🚀 Deployment

Build for production:

```bash
npm run build
```

The built files will be in the `.output` directory, ready for deployment to any hosting provider that supports Node.js.

## 📄 License

[MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

## Related Templates

### [Nextra: Docs Starter Kit](https://vercel.com/templates/next.js/documentation-starter-kit)

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### [Nuxt.js 3 Boilerplate](https://vercel.com/templates/nuxt/nuxtjs-boilerplate)

A Nuxt.js 3 app, bootstrapped with create-nuxt-app.

### [Alpine](https://vercel.com/templates/nuxt/alpine)

A minimalist blog theme, powered by Nuxt & Markdown.

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