Create new project

mkdocs new

Create a new MkDocs project in the sandbox folder with the mkdocs new command:

Command

mkdocs new ./sandbox/

INFO    -  Writing config file: ./sandbox/mkdocs.yml
INFO    -  Writing initial docs: ./sandbox/docs/index.md

Your sandbox directory should now have an mkdocs.yml file, and a docs/ folder with a single index.md file:

mkdocs.yml

site_name: My Docs

docs/index.md

# Welcome to MkDocs

For full documentation visit [mkdocs.org](https://www.mkdocs.org).

## Commands

* `mkdocs new [dir-name]` - Create a new project.
* `mkdocs serve` - Start the live-reloading docs server.
* `mkdocs build` - Build the documentation site.
* `mkdocs -h` - Print help message and exit.

## Project layout

    mkdocs.yml    # The configuration file.
    docs/
        index.md  # The documentation homepage.
        ...       # Other markdown pages, images and other files.

mkdocs serve

Run the mkdocs serve command below, then open a browser to http://localhost:8000/ or whatever URL is provided to you if you're running this in a GitHub codespace. You should see a page like the one in the screenshot at the top of this section. You can even edit your markdown files and see the page refresh in realtime!

Specify interface and port

In some cases you might need to specify an IP and/or port to bind to, or you may want to bind to all interfaces instead of the default of port 8000 on localhost. Add include the argument --dev-addr 0.0.0.0:8080 to bind to all interfaces on port 8080 for example.

Command

mkdocs serve -f ./sandbox/mkdocs.yml

Output

INFO    -  Building documentation...
INFO    -  Cleaning site directory
INFO    -  Documentation built in 0.28 seconds
INFO    -  [19:58:02] Watching paths for changes: 'sandbox/docs', 'sandbox/mkdocs.yml'
INFO    -  [19:58:02] Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8000/
INFO    -  [19:58:25] Browser connected: http://localhost:8000/
INFO    -  [19:58:28] Browser connected: http://localhost:8000/
INFO    -  [20:06:41] Browser connected: http://localhost:8000/