# indy-docs

**Repository Path**: hyperledger/indy-docs

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: indy-docs
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: CC-BY-4.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-07-27
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-24

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# Documentation README
Check out the indy docs at http://hyperledger-indy.readthedocs.io/

Learn more about how our docs are built and maintained at http://hyperledger-indy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/docs.html

## How to Add Documentation
For new features and pull requests, maintainers should make sure that the **contributor has added an explanation for their changes in the docs folder before merging the PR.**
  
Contributors should write an addition to a current file or add a new file to the docs/source/ folder that explains what their feature is and how it works. If needed, they may also add a link to more technical README's located nearer to the code.

Whenever additions are made to the docs, make sure to update the `index.rst` in whichever folder the file has been added, and build the docs locally to confirm they work (TODO: add the `sphinx-build` command to our CI/CD flow).

For example, if I wanted to add another file to the indy-sdk docs/ folder named `glossary.md`, I would create the file, and then add a reference to it in the `index.rst`: 
```
.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 1
  :hidden:

  getting-started/index.rst
  ...
  other files
  ...
  glossary.md                   .. <-- this is your new file!

```

To add a new file to a subfolder, simply update the subfolder's `index.rst` with the relative link to your file.

If you'd like to link to a file outside of the docs/ folder, you'll need to provide an external github link (this is by design, to keep our docs organized into a single folder)


## Building the docs on your machine

Here are the quick steps to achieve this on a local machine without depending on ReadTheDocs. Note: Instructions may differ depending on your OS.
Run these commands within the repository folder
```bash
pip install Sphinx
pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
pip install recommonmark==0.4.0
cd docs/source # Be in this directory. Makefile sits there.
make html
```

This will generate all the html files in `docs/source/_build/html` which you can then browse locally in your browser. Every time you make a change to the documentation you will need to rerun `make html`.

## Additional Instructions
This section is to be used for repo maintainers to add additional documentation guidelines or instructions.