Show HN: Write once. Explain well. Publish on the web and on paper

Category: devtools

Tags: documentation, static site generator, pdf, rust, typst, sphinx-alternative

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 9, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Guidedog is a Rust-based documentation tool that builds both websites and PDF books from reStructuredText or Markdown sources, inspired by Sphinx but independent. It features static API extraction, embedded Typst for PDF typesetting, in-process Graphviz rendering, and a plugin system, all in a single executable. It's interesting for its all-in-one, dependency-free approach to publishing technical documentation in multiple formats.

Target audience: backend devs, technical writers, devops

Repository: https://github.com/insanai/guidedog · Rust · LGPL-3.0

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