Incredible open source docs that fund your project
Create and publish incredible open source documentation for free — and use it to fund ongoing development with small, ethical ads
Create and publish amazing docs for free
All the tools you need
Forget building your own custom docs platform for your project. With GitBook you get everything you need to create and publish beautiful documentation for your users — for free. With effortless GitHub imports, an intuitive Markdown editor and more.
All the extras, at no extra cost
Our free Sponsored site plan includes customization, content insights, AI answers and more. So you and your users get a great experience every time, and you don’t have to pay a hosting fee to maintain your published docs.
Community contributions just got easier
With Git Sync, you can sync your docs to a GitHub or GitLab repository. So everyone in your community can open a pull request and ask for a review when they want to contribute to your docs. And you don’t have to pay a penny for extra users.
Fund your project
from your docs
Sponsorship, simplified
When you publish docs with GitBook’s free Sponsored site, we add a small, relevant ad in the corner of your project’s docs. So every time someone views your documentation, you earn money that you can put towards ongoing development. And GitBook doesn’t take a penny.
Ethical ads with no tracking. Ever.
We believe strongly in ethical advertising. Which is why no ad in your documentation will ever track or retarget your users. We also believe that no matter what, your content should always be front and center — so you’ll only ever see one small ad, in the bottom corner of each page.
Want to stay ad-free? The choice is yours.
Don't want to include ads on your docs? No problem. You can still publish your docs for free on a Basic docs site, or choose a Premium site with all the features you need to create incredible customized documentation.
You can support open source
projects through GitBook
You can support open source projects through GitBook
Want to support open source organizations documenting their project on GitBook?
Become an ad sponsor through our partner and help projects grow.
Become a sponsor
Become a sponsor
Become a sponsor
Which docs site plan is right for you?
Basic
For simple docs sites with basic customization needs. You can create as many Basic sites as you like.
Free
Unlimited traffic
Basic customization
Basic site insights
Public publishing
No funding, no ads
Sponsored
Fund your project
Fund your project
Fund your project
Designed for open source users to create branded docs sites with small, ethical ads that help fund their OSS project.
Free
All Basic site features plus:
Customizable logo, theme & fonts
Custom domain
AI-powered instant answers
Advanced site insights
PDF export
Private, revokable share links
Opt out of search indexing
Fund your project with ethical ads
Our non-profit plan
Don’t want to monetize your docs but still want GitBook to sponsor your project?
We have a limited number of spaces available on our non-profit plan that we can offer to larger open source projects. Reach out to our support team to see if you qualify.
Contact support
Our non-profit plan
Don’t want to monetize your docs but still want GitBook to sponsor your project? We have a limited number of spaces available on our non-profit plan that we can offer to larger open source projects. Reach out to our support team to see if you qualify.
Contact support
Our non-profit plan
Don’t want to monetize your docs but still want GitBook to sponsor your project?
We have a limited number of spaces available on our non-profit plan that we can offer to larger open source projects. Reach out to our support team to see if you qualify.
Contact support
Powering documentation for
all kinds of open source projects
The GitBook OSS fund
We are so grateful to the open source projects that help make GitBook what it is. That’s why we’ve joined the OSS Pledge and committed to giving $32,700 a year to a range of open source projects.
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Create branded open source docs sites with small, ethical ads that help fund your OSS project.
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