Spacebook
Create fast and simple documentation to explain almost anything. Uses Eleventy, Tailwind 2.0, and Alpine JS with an optional Netlify CMS.
Overview
Spacebook is a platform that allows users to create and customize their own spacebooks. These spacebooks serve as modern notebooks for various purposes such as documentation, idea sketching, building a simple website, and more. Spacebook is a free and open-source platform that is fast and easy to set up.
Features
- Customizable spacebooks: Users can create and customize their spacebooks according to their needs.
- Open source: Spacebook is 100% open source, allowing users to contribute and make fixes to the platform.
- Easy contribution: Users can contribute to Spacebook by forking the repository and submitting pull requests.
- Typo fixes: Users can also directly fork the demo/documentation site from the edit button on each page to fix any typos.
Requirements
- Node version 12 or higher (recommended to use NVM for easier management of Node versions)
Installation Steps
- Eleventy
11ty is a static site generator that allows developers to build fast, modern websites using HTML, Markdown, and other templating languages, without the need for a complex build system.
- Tailwind
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.
- Alpine.js
Alpine.js is a lightweight JavaScript framework that simplifies the process of creating dynamic, reactive user interfaces on the web. It uses a declarative syntax that offers a higher level of abstraction compared to vanilla JavaScript, while being more performant and easier to use than jQuery.
- NetlifyCMS
Netlify CMS is a powerful and flexible content management system that is designed to work seamlessly with the Netlify platform. Netlify CMS provides a user-friendly interface for managing content, including support for custom content types, localization, and asset management.
- Eslint
ESLint is a linter for JavaScript that analyzes code to detect and report on potential problems and errors, as well as enforce consistent code style and best practices, helping developers to write cleaner, more maintainable code.
- Postcss
PostCSS is a popular open-source tool that enables web developers to transform CSS styles with JavaScript plugins. It allows for efficient processing of CSS styles, from applying vendor prefixes to improving browser compatibility, ultimately resulting in cleaner, faster, and more maintainable code.
