From Open Source to a Growing Community

Widgetbook began as an open-source tool to help Flutter teams organise and test UI components. Backed by Venture Capital, the Germany-based startup has been developing with Flutter since 2018 and is deeply embedded in the Flutter community.

What started as a small project has grown into a community-driven platform used globally. With tools like Widgetbook Cloud, teams can share, test, and validate UI changes efficiently while keeping design systems consistent.

The Challenge: Documentation Distracted from Core Work

As a growing startup serving a community of Flutter developers, reliable and professional documentation was critical for Widgetbook. However, managing documentation internally brought challenges.

"Before docs.page," recalls Julius Michel, COO of Widgetbook, "managing documentation was slowing us down. We were spending too much time on deployment, styling, and domain setup—tasks that took focus away from what truly mattered: creating great content."

This manual process hindered the efficiency of the team and impacted their ability to deliver useful documentation for their growing community.

The Solution: docs.page Handles the Rest

To address these challenges, Widgetbook turned to docs.page to streamline their documentation workflow. By leveraging key features of docs.page, such as:

• Automated Deployment: Automating the process of publishing documentation updates from your code-base, saving valuable developer time.
• Seamless Styling: Ensuring a consistent brand appearance across all documentation pages with pre-designed themes and easy customization.
• Effortless Domain Setup: Providing a professional and user-friendly experience for developers using Widgetbook by enabling the use of custom domains.

Widgetbook was able to significantly improve their documentation process.

Julius Michel, COO of Widgetbook, explains:

“docs.page allowed us to focus on what matters most: content and just content. [Docs.page] handled everything else: deployment, styling, domain customization, and more.”

The Results: Focus and Efficiency

By adopting docs.page, Widgetbook experienced a significant impact:

• Gained Focus: No more distractions from manual setup or infrastructure.
• Saved Time: Documentation deployment and styling are handled automatically.
• Delivered Quality: Users get clear, polished, and up-to-date documentation that reflects Widgetbook’s commitment to its community.

The Takeaway: Instant, Fast & Beautiful Documentation With Zero Configuration

For a team passionate about helping developers succeed, docs.page made it easy to focus on creating content, without the worry of infrastructure and set-up.

One of Widgetbook’s developers put it simply:

“What used to be our challenges became theirs.”

If you’re ready to publish professional, reliable documentation without the overhead, let docs.page handle the rest.

Start using docs.page for free today or get in touch to learn more.

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Bonus: Go Beyond the Essentials with docs.page

Whilst Widgetbook utilised automation and seamless styling to streamline their documentation process, docs.page offers a suite of features to elevate your documentation experience even further.

Here's a glimpse of what you can achieve:

• Effortless Updates: Link docs.page to your GitHub repository, and any changes in your code are automatically reflected in the documentation.
• Customisation Options: While configuration-free, docs.page offers a flexible config file for advanced users. This allows for customisation of logos, themes, analytics, navigation, and more.
• Advanced Features:
  • Power documentation with MDX components like Tabs (useful for projects with multiple languages).
  • Implement full search support powered by DocSearch.
  • Serve your documentation using your own domain.

Enjoy features like global variable injection, displaying assets using GitHub, dark/light mode, responsive design, and more.