Publish a docs site

Publish your documentation to the internet as a docs site

When you finish writing, editing, or importing your content, you can publish it to a docs site and make it available to your selected audience.

The content on your docs site comes from spaces in your organization. When you create a site, you can create a new space or link an existing one.

GitBook's docs sites homepage.

Create a docs site

To create a docs site, click the plus + icon next to Docs site in the sidebar to launch the docs site wizard.

Give your site a name, choose a starting point for your content, and select whether you want to publish your site now or later.

If you already have content in a space that you would like to use, you can create a docs site directly from that space by opening the space and clicking Share in the top-right corner of the window. Then choosing Publish as a docs site from the share modal.

Note: You can also manage permissions at the site level — allowing you to control who can view or edit each site independently of your organization settings. See Roles for more details.

Publish a docs site

By default, your site will be published publicly. You can change your site’s visibility in your site’s settings.

There are three primary options to choose from when publishing your site:

Public

Publish your docs publicly to the web.

Privately with share links

Publish your docs with private share links.

Authenticated Access

Protect your published docs behind an OAuth sign in.

Delete or unpublish a docs site

To delete a docs site, open your site’s dashboard, then open Site settings from the top-right corner.