Documentation is a dependency.
Let's treat it like one.
Know what you're doing?
$ cargo install localdocWhy Doctown exists.
Corporate documentation is a scam. A business model dressed as a public good.
You don't need a dashboard to search a string. You don't
need a login to read a function signature. You don't need
cookie banners, analytics trackers, and 2MB of JavaScript to
find out how async/await works.
You don't need GitBook upselling you on "team seats." You don't need Mintlify charging you $250/month to host your docs. You don't need Confluence making you click through three dropdowns to copy a code snippet.
Docs should be local, fast, and offline. They should live in your terminal, not on a dashboard.
Localdoc is the alternative. A CLI you own. Docs you control. No middleman.
Save yourself another documentation-related "meditation walk."
The model.
Consumption is free. Creation is paid.
Free. Forever.
- Install unlimited docpacks
- CLI tool (open source)
- Offline doc queries
- Local-first. No tracking.
- Search and discover all public docpacks
Everything you need to build.
Cannot publish docpacks.
Creator Tier. $10 USD/mo.
- Publish unlimited docpacks
- AI auto-generates docpacks from GitHub repos
- Monthly compute tokens
- Creator dashboard with analytics
- Verified badge (GitHub-linked)
5-10 hours saved per project.
Link repo → Get docpack → Done.
You're not paying for hosting.
You're paying for an AI agent that reads your codebase and generates
production-ready documentation automatically. No more manual doc
writing. No more copy-pasting between formats. Link your repo, allocate
tokens, publish in minutes.
Like npm. For docs.
Anyone can install for free. Only creators pay—and they get automation
that makes it worth every cent. Your docs become instantly installable
by thousands of devs worldwide. That's just the bonus.
Stop the bleeding.
Documentation for people who actually build things.