Raneto is a self-hosted knowledge base and wiki application for publishing documentation from Markdown files. It is suitable for product manuals, developer guides, support articles and internal reference material. Documents are displayed as web pages that readers can browse and search, while administrators maintain the underlying content.
Unlike database-backed wiki platforms, Raneto stores articles as ordinary files in a content directory. This makes it practical to edit documents outside the application, move a collection between servers and track revisions with Git. It also provides a browser editor for people who prefer not to work directly with files.
Raneto separates viewing documentation from managing it. A site can make content available to readers while requiring credentials for editing, with configuration options controlling the editor and site behaviour. The appearance can be customised to create a documentation portal that matches a project’s branding.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Organise documentation into categories and nested subcategories.
- Search page titles and document contents, including support for fuzzy and partial matches.
- Create and update articles using a Markdown editor in the browser.
- Protect editing functions with username and password authentication.
- Render Markdown documents with syntax highlighting for code examples.
- Generate table of contents links for navigating document headings.
- Customise the appearance using Bootstrap-based themes and Mustache templates.
- Configure the site title, base URL, content directory and interface language.
- Override configuration settings through environment variables.
- Integrate Google Analytics for monitoring documentation website traffic.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux and Windows.
Website: github.com/ryanlelek/Raneto
Support:
Developer: Gilbert Pellegrom, Ryan Lelek and contributors
License: MIT License
Raneto is written in JavaScript. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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