Slate

Static site generator that produces clean, single-page API documentation from Markdown. Renders a responsive layout with descriptions on the left and code examples on the right, inspired by the layout of Stripe and PayPal developer docs.

Adopted by organizations including NASA, Sony, Best Buy, Coinbase, Parrot Drones, Travis CI, and Dwolla. Slate differentiates by keeping the full API reference on one scrollable page with a live-updating table of contents, while preserving linkable anchor URLs for sharing specific sections.

Key capabilities:

• Single-page documentation with automatic table of contents and smooth scroll navigation
• Markdown-only source, including code samples with syntax highlighting for over 100 languages
• Multi-language code samples with tab switching between bindings
• Responsive layout for desktop, tablet, mobile, and print
• RTL support for Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew
• GitHub Pages deployment with a built-in script, or static build for any host

Teams use Slate to publish public API references, internal developer portals, and SDK documentation. The Markdown workflow fits docs-as-code pipelines, and hosting on GitHub enables pull requests from external contributors for corrections and examples.