From source

For local authoring or self-hosting without Docker, run open-docs directly. Bun is the package manager and runtime.

Develop

bun install
bun run dev

Put your .md / .markdoc files in src/content/ and the dev server hot-reloads on save. Set any PUBLIC_* variable inline to preview branding:

PUBLIC_BRAND_NAME="My Project" bun run dev

Build and preview

bun run build      # production build → ./build/
bun run preview    # serve the built site

The build pre-renders every page to static HTML, then runs Pagefind over the output to produce the search index.

Make targets

A Makefile wraps the common commands:

Command	Does
`make install`	Install dependencies.
`make dev`	Dev server with hot reload.
`make check`	Type-check with `svelte-check`.
`make build`	Production build into `./build/`.
`make preview`	Serve the production build.
`make docker`	Build the container image locally.

Hosting the output

The build produces a static site plus a small Bun server. Pre-rendered HTML means it also hosts cleanly on static/CDN platforms — point your host at the build output and serve it like any static site.