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⚠️ Deprecation warning:

As the efforts of the GitBook team are focused on theGitBook.com platform, the CLI is no longer under active development.
All content supported by the CLI are mostly supported by ourGitBook.com / GitHub integration.
Content hosted on thelegacy.gitbook.com will continue working until further notice. For differences with the new version, > check out ourdocumentation.

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GitBook is a command line tool (and Node.js library) for building beautiful books using GitHub/Git and Markdown (or AsciiDoc). Here is an example:Learn Javascript.

You can publish and host books easily online usinggitbook.com. A desktop editor isalso available.

Stay updated by following@GitBookIO on Twitter orGitBook on Facebook.

Complete documentation is available attoolchain.gitbook.com.

GitBook can be used either on your computer for building local books or on legacy.gitbook.com for hosting them. To get started, check outthe installation instructions in the documentation.

GitBook can be used to create book, public documentation, enterprise manual, thesis, research papers, etc.

You can find alist of real-world examples in the documentation.

We're always happy to help out with your books or any other questions you might have. You can ask a question on the following contact form atgitbook.com/contact or signal an issue onGitHub.

• Write usingMarkdown orAsciiDoc
• Output as a website orebook (pdf, epub, mobi)
• Multi-Languages
• Lexicon / Glossary
• Cover
• Variables and Templating
• Content References
• Plugins
• Beautiful default theme

The platformlegacy.gitbook.com is like an "Heroku for books": you can create a book on it (public, or private) and update it usinggit push.

GitBook is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. SeeLICENSE for the full license text.