Docny

Docny is a documentation CMS for engineering teams, technical writers, and developer advocates that want to write, manage, and publish product documentation without stitching together multiple tools. It brings authoring, hosting, branding, analytics, and AI into one platform, helping teams keep documentation close to the products they describe.

The platform supports both browser-based and code-first documentation workflows. Teams can write using a WYSIWYG block editor or work with MDX and synchronize content through GitHub. This makes Docny suitable for both technical contributors who prefer documentation alongside code and non-technical contributors who want a simpler editing experience.

Key Features

WYSIWYG Documentation Editor

Docny provides a browser-based block editor for teams that want to create and update documentation without working directly in code.

The visual editing workflow is designed to make documentation accessible to technical writers, product teams, and other contributors who need to maintain content without a development workflow.

MDX and GitHub Sync

For engineering teams that prefer documentation to live alongside their codebase, Docny supports MDX workflows with GitHub synchronization.

This allows code-first teams to maintain documentation using familiar development processes while keeping the published documentation connected to the product.

Guardian AI Documentation Generation

Guardian AI can read a GitHub repository and generate structured documentation from the codebase.

This provides a starting point for teams that need to document an existing product and can help keep documentation work closer to the underlying software as it evolves.

AI Chat for Published Documentation

Docny can embed AI chat directly into published documentation sites, allowing visitors to ask questions about the available documentation.

Instead of requiring readers to search through multiple pages manually, the embedded Q&A experience gives them another way to find information within the published docs.

Hosted Documentation Sites

Docny handles documentation hosting as part of the platform.

• Publish hosted documentation sites
• Use custom domains
• Keep documentation publicly accessible
• Maintain branded documentation without managing separate hosting infrastructure

This keeps publishing within the same workflow as writing and managing documentation.

Custom Branding and Navigation

Teams can configure the appearance and structure of their documentation sites to match their product or organization.

Customization includes:

• Colours
• Fonts
• Logo
• Favicon
• Templates
• Navigation

This allows documentation to feel like part of the product experience rather than a disconnected external resource.

Built-In Analytics

Analytics are included within the documentation platform, giving teams visibility into their published documentation without requiring a separate analytics product for basic documentation insights.

Integrations

Docny includes integrations mentioned for a range of tools used by engineering, product, support, and knowledge teams, including:

• Slack
• Jira
• Linear
• Notion
• Discord
• Intercom
• Algolia

These integrations help documentation fit into existing product development, support, and knowledge workflows.

Built For Documentation Teams

Docny is designed for teams responsible for keeping product documentation useful and current as software changes. It fits engineering organizations, technical writing teams, developer advocates, and companies where documentation is part of the product experience.

The combination of a visual editor and GitHub-based MDX workflow also lets different contributors work in the way that suits them. Non-technical writers can use the editor, while engineers can keep documentation closer to code.

Common Use Cases

• Product documentation: Create and publish documentation for software products and services.
• Developer documentation: Maintain technical content for developers using an API, SDK, or product.
• GitHub-based documentation: Keep MDX documentation synchronized with engineering workflows.
• AI-assisted documentation: Generate structured starting documentation from an existing GitHub repository.
• Customer support: Let visitors ask questions directly within published documentation.
• Technical writing: Give writers a browser-based environment for creating and maintaining docs.
• Branded knowledge bases: Customize domains, navigation, fonts, colours, and other visual elements.
• Documentation analytics: Monitor published documentation through built-in analytics.
• Product-team collaboration: Connect documentation workflows with tools such as Jira, Linear, Slack, and Notion.

Pricing

Docny offers a free plan for smaller teams that includes a custom subdomain, WYSIWYG editor, templates, analytics, and community support.

The paid plan adds:

• Unlimited projects
• Unlimited team members
• In-editor collaboration
• Auditing
• GitHub synchronization
• AI chat on published documentation

Why It Matters

Documentation often requires several disconnected systems for writing, version control, hosting, branding, analytics, and AI assistance. Docny brings these functions together so teams can manage more of the documentation lifecycle from one platform.

Its combination of WYSIWYG editing, MDX and GitHub sync, AI-generated documentation, reader Q&A, custom hosting, branding, analytics, and integrations gives teams flexibility in how they create and maintain product docs. That can make documentation easier to keep connected to the product as it changes.

Build and Publish Better Product Documentation With Docny

Bring documentation authoring, GitHub workflows, hosting, branding, analytics, and AI into one documentation CMS. Docny gives engineering and documentation teams a shared platform for creating, publishing, and maintaining product knowledge.