rust-lang/mdBook
Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
Ranks #141 among Backend repositories tracked this week, and #141 over the last 30 days; #692 of 2,531 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 27%).
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 98 days ago, with 336 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #45 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 30, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Creates modern online books from Markdown files using a Rust-based toolchain.
- Offers fast, reliable book generation with a lightweight Rust implementation compared to alternatives like Gitbook.
- Use for generating technical documentation or tutorials from Markdown sources in a developer-friendly format.
- Use for producing offline or online readable books with customizable themes and navigation.
- Use for maintaining version-controlled educational content or manuals integrated into Rust projects.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
Mozilla Public License 2.0
Weak copyleft: changes to the licensed code itself must be shared when you distribute it, but code that merely uses it can stay under your own license.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
No watch-outs from GStars' checks.
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From the README
mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files.
Check out the User Guide for a list of features and installation and usage information. The User Guide also serves as a demonstration to showcase what a book looks like.
If you are interested in contributing to the development of mdBook, check out the Contribution Guide.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+250 stars over 89 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +2 on Aug 9.
Forks
1.9K+31
Open issues
656-35
Compared with peers in Backend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 18, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra | 92.6K | +5.8K | 75 | 30 days ago |
| anthropics/claude-plugins-official | 43.6K | +5.7K | 35 | — |
| K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | 53.6K | +4.7K | 75 | 20 days ago |
| akitaonrails/ai-memory | 12.3K | +2.8K | 60 | 1 day ago |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 14.5K | +2.7K | 59 | 11 days ago |
| rust-lang/mdBook | 22.2K | +0 | 75 | 98 days ago |
| Category median | 43.6K | +4.7K | 60 | — |
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