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Tolerim
a month ago

What is the process for downloading and hosting Next.js documentation on a local machine for offline access?

How can I access the Next.js documentation offline? I attempted to clone the Next.js repository containing the docs, but the markdown files in the docs folder insufficiently served as a local server for browsing. Can you offer guidance on downloading and locally hosting the Next.js documentation for reference purposes?

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Vogi
a month ago
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You can find all the Next.js documentation at the GitHub repository https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/docs. You can clone this repository and use the information offline. If you want to download and host the Next.js documentation locally for offline use, you can follow these steps: 1. Clone the Next.js repository containing the docs. 2. Install webpack-offline by running npm install offline-plugin --save-dev. 3. Create a custom next.config.js file in your root folder. 4. Add the following code to your next.config.js file: 
const OfflinePlugin = require ('offline-plugin');
module.exports = {
  webpack: (config, { dev }) => {
    config.plugins = [
      new OfflinePlugin ()
    ];
    return config
  }
};
This will create and serve a local server for viewing the documentation offline. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sources

Getting Started | Next.jsNext.js Documentation pdf book #35643 - GithubOffline First Support · vercel next.js · Discussion #861 · GitHubHow to download and host Next.js docs locally for offline usenext.js - How should Create Next App Offline be used? - Stack Overflow
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Tolerim
a month ago
First, you can install Node.js and Git if they are not already installed on your machine. Then, you can follow these steps to download and host the Next.js documentation locally: 1. Clone the Next.js repository from GitHub by running the following command in your terminal:
2. Navigate to the docs directory within the cloned repository:
3. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:
4. Build the documentation files by running the following command:
5. Serve the documentation files by running the following command:
6. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000/ to view the Next.js documentation. Note that you may need to install additional dependencies or configure your environment to properly host the documentation files.
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