freeCodeCamp/docs/how-to-work-on-the-docs-theme.md

# How to work on the docs theme

> [!NOTE]
> **You do not need to setup anything locally for working on the documentation content.**
>
> To work on the contributing guidelines, you can edit or add files in the `docs` directory [available here](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/tree/master/docs). When your changes are merged, it will be made available automatically at the documentation site.

## About the documentation site

While you do not need to generate the documentation site locally, sometimes it may be required for instance if you are working on the site theme or a feature for the site.

The site is generated using [`docsify`](https://docsify.js.org), and served using GitHub pages.

Typically you would not need to change any configuration or build the site locally. In case you are interested, here is how it works:

- The homepage's source for this site is available in [`docs/index.html`](index.html).
- We serve this file as a SPA using `docsify` and GitHub Pages.
- The `docsify` script generates the content of `markdown` files in `docs` directory on demand.
- The homepage is generated from the [`index.md`](index.md).
- the sidebar navigation is generated from [`components/sidebar.md`](components/sidebar.md).

## Serving the documentation site locally

Clone freeCodeCamp:

```sh
git clone https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.git
docsify serve docs
```

Install `docsify`:

```sh
npm install -g docsify
```

and serve the `/docs` directory

```sh
docsify serve docs
```

Alternatively, if you have installed freeCodeCamp locally (see the local setup guide), we bundle the CLI with the development tools so you can run `npm run docs:serve` from the root of the repo.