If you arrived here searching for DoczJS — the React documentation library at github.com/doczjs/docz — the project was archived by its maintainers on 2020-09-01. Its npm package still resolves, but no security patches or compatibility updates have shipped in over five years. This page lists the modern alternatives the community has rallied around, plus a quick pivot for visitors who only need to convert one Markdown file.
What did DoczJS do?
DoczJS was a Gatsby-era library for live-previewing MDX files as a documentation site. Authors wrote MDX with embedded React components, ran a dev server, and got a styled docs site with sidebar navigation and live component playgrounds. The pitch was zero configuration — point it at a folder of .mdx files and ship. By 2020 the workflow had been overtaken by Storybook (for components) and Next.js / MDX (for static docs), and the maintainers archived the repo rather than keep it on life support.
Modern alternatives
Four projects cover the use cases DoczJS originally addressed. Pick by intent — there is no single winner.
| Project | Best for | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Storybook ↗ | Component playground + visual review | Industry-standard isolated UI workshop with stories, controls, and accessibility addons. The right pick when the docs are about components. |
| Nextra ↗ | Static docs sites with MDX | Built on Next.js. Drop your MDX into `pages/` and ship — search, dark mode, and i18n included. Closest spiritual successor to the original DoczJS workflow. |
| Fumadocs ↗ | Modern Next.js App Router docs | What docz.me uses for our own /docs. App-Router native, opinionated about table-of-contents and search, MDX-first. |
| Docusaurus ↗ | Versioned product documentation | Meta's docs framework. Versioning, i18n, and a plugin ecosystem for blogs / changelogs. Heavier than Nextra but pays off when docs span multiple releases. |
Just need to publish a single Markdown file?
Spinning up a docs framework is overkill if the goal is to email a thesis chapter, share a README as a PDF, or paste a styled HTML export into a CMS. The Markdown / MDX converter on this site does exactly that — paste source, pick PDF / DOCX / HTML, download. Nothing to install, no signup, no account walls. Three themes ship out of the box (Default, Academic with cover page, README/Blog), and the entire pipeline runs server-side so the file you download is a real binary rather than a screenshot.
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Disambiguation: docz.me is not doczjs
We get this question often enough that it warrants a footer. docz.me is an invoicing application for freelancers — contracts, invoices, time tracking, multi-currency reconciliation. The Markdown / MDX converter is a free standalone tool we open-sourced from the internal pipeline that powers our invoice exports. We are not the doczjs library, not its successor, and not affiliated with its original authors. Naming overlap is coincidental — the docz.me domain was registered for the invoicing product, not for documentation tooling.
Frequently asked
Is doczjs still maintained?
No. The github.com/doczjs/docz repository was archived on 2020-09-01. The npm package still resolves but receives no security or compatibility patches.
Why was doczjs archived?
The maintainers stepped back without a successor. The Gatsby-era pattern it relied on for live MDX preview also lost ecosystem momentum to Storybook + Next.js / MDX-first frameworks.
Is docz.me the same as doczjs?
No, and we are not affiliated. docz.me is an invoicing app for freelancers; the Markdown / MDX converter on this site is a free spinoff. Naming overlap is coincidental.
What's the best doczjs alternative for a docs site?
Nextra or Fumadocs for new Next.js projects; Docusaurus for versioned product docs; Storybook if the focus is component playground rather than long-form docs.