Writerside
Write with pleasure.
Publish with pride.
Create and publish beautiful online docs with a new IntelliJ Platform plugin
Product docs, API references, tutorials, developer guides, and how-tos - all inside your favorite JetBrains IDE.
Use Markdown, XML, or both
Write in Markdown or combine it with our semantic XML-based markup. Convert Markdown fragments sent in by external contributors into XML on the fly.
100+ tests for doc quality automation
Our tests spot more than just broken links. Find missing resources, incorrect attribute values, non-unique IDs, and much more. Automate checks for your in-house spelling and style conventions.
Beautiful doc skins
Customize your documentation and adapt it to your taste or brand. Choose between contrast, soft, or vivid skins and define the accent color – all in light or dark mode.
Docs-as-code pipeline
With out-of-the box Git integration, a builder that transforms your sources into a documentation website, a library of carefully designed frontend components, and automated tests that run on any CI/CD tool, you can focus on what matters most – your content.
Live preview
The preview shows the docs exactly as your readers will see them. You don’t need to run a build and wait until it finishes to check if your updates look good.
Single-source
Reuse anything, from smaller content chunks to entire topics or even sections of your TOC. Stay flexible with filters and variables. Use predefined templates for complex markup elements or configure your own.
Natural language assistance
With JetBrains IDEs you can keep your code error-free. We do the same for 25+ natural languages, including English, German, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese. All have an ML-based spellchecker and a grammar error correction tool.
Do I need Writerside? 🧐
If you write, edit, or publish docs, you do.
Our tool will save time, effort, and headaches for documentarians from all walks of life.
Software developers
Don't get bogged down when documenting features and APIs. Use the built-in templates, autocompletion, and writing assistance to create or edit docs quickly and easily.
Technical writers and editors
Especially if you are the only tech writer on the team, you just need to get the docs done and publish—yesterday. With single-source content reuse you can meet even impossible deadlines.
Small startup owners
When you start small, documentation is everybody's job. Import your existing Markdown documents and create a flexible structure that will grow with your product.
Built by documentarians...
for documentarians
This project developed out of hundreds of customer interviews and 10+ years of working on the IntelliJ Platform documentation. These experiences gave us a long list of features to build and problems to solve. We are here to address them one by one.
Do you want to help?
Use Writerside to build docs like these 👇
Many JetBrains products are already using our documentation platform. And now you can use all our knowledge, experience, and templates to build docs for your own products.
Blogging on the Writers' Side
Read our blog about intelligent writing tools and new ways to write better - or talk to us on Twitter @onwriterside
Are you with us?
We are enthusiastic about docs and we want to create the best tool for people who write them – ideally with your help. Let's connect!
Contact us at writerside@jetbrains.com, anytime.
Updates and Early Access
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