# Documentation Formats - epub mobi pdf

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, proposal, documentation, epub\
**Created:** [December 12, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700 "2017-12-12T04:41:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![guslen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/guslen/32/2903_2.png) [@guslen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/guslen)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/1 "2017-12-12T04:41:04Z")

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Hi,  
I was wondering, if there is any chance that you could publish an ebook-version for the documentation ([docs.julialang.org](http://docs.julialang.org)) which is automatically generated?  
possible formats like: epub, pdf or mobi

This would be useful, because I could work offline from time to time. I know I could get just the source code on github. But maybe there is a more convenient way and possibly other people would like that, too.

Thank you in advance!

——————————-UPDATE —————————  
[devdocs.io](http://devdocs.io) is a great alternative, as well as using the offline html from the installation path file:///opt/julia/share/doc/julia

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ralph_smith/32/10344_2.png) [@Ralph\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ralph_Smith)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/2 "2017-12-12T05:05:07Z")

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If you use one of the official binary distributions, it should include local HTML documentation. Thus one of my most-used browser bookmarks is

```
file:///opt/julia/share/doc/julia/html/en/index.html

```

This has the dubious advantage that offline searches have the (perhaps familiar but quirky) features of the main website.

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**Author:** ![guslen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/guslen/32/2903_2.png) [@guslen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/guslen)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/3 "2017-12-12T06:18:57Z")

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Thank you, Ralph! That was very helpful. This will help me for now with some things. But to get back to the epub feature. It would also help me, if I could read the documentation on a tablet of my choice where I don’t have julia installed. Of course I could generate the epub from the html or straight from the github-repository myself.

But as far as I read on readthedocs, there‘s even a built-in feature for this type of publishing.  
According to [Configuration File V1 (Deprecated) — Read the Docs user documentation 8.4.2 documentation](http://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/yaml-config.html?highlight=epub) you can provide some kind of yaml.config file which can provide more options for formats, including epub.

For now I will use the offline html, but maybe the [docs.julialang.org](http://docs.julialang.org) can be extended with that feature.

best regards,  
Lennart

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/4 "2017-12-12T06:51:00Z")

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> [@guslen](#):
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> I could generate the epub from the html or straight from the github-repository myself

It would be interesting to see how well that works. I am a big fan of e-readers for text with predominantly linear access (eg literature), but I find them cumbersome for everything else, including technical documentation. Also, I am wondering if the documentation requires a minimum screen width for tables and similar. YMMV.

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**Author:** ![tamasgal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamasgal/32/27946_2.png) [@tamasgal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tamasgal)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/5 "2017-12-12T09:52:10Z")

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I use the PDF feature for my (Python) projects on readthedocs and it works nicely. Have not tried the EPUB yet 😉

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**Author:** ![traktofon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/traktofon/32/591_2.png) [@traktofon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/traktofon)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/6 "2017-12-12T14:09:17Z")

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Another option is to use [devdocs.io](http://devdocs.io)

> **[DevDocs](https://devdocs.io/)**
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> Fast, offline, and free documentation browser for developers. Search 100+ docs in one web app including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, Go, C, C++, and many more.

which has documentation also for Julia 0.6. Just make sure to activate the offline mode for the Julia docs before going offline. I usually use it on my laptop, but I just tried on my Android phone where it seems to work as well, so I’d guess on a tablet it should also work.

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**Author:** ![guslen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/guslen/32/2903_2.png) [@guslen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/guslen)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/7 "2017-12-12T15:52:04Z")

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Great alternative! Thank you for devdocs! Pretty cool website!  
Offline feature is really the best part. Still I would prefer an extra file! Call me old fashioned, but I enjoy using a reader for such things, because I know where I find my stuff!

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**Author:** ![anon94023334](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@anon94023334](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon94023334)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/8 "2017-12-12T17:00:55Z")

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Also, if you’re using a Mac or iOS, check out [Dash](https://kapeli.com/dash). It allows you to keep not only offline documents, but also stack overflow Q&A for languages as well, and it integrates into many IDEs (I’m using it with Visual Studio, and the complete list is on the above-linked page).

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/9 "2017-12-12T20:11:49Z")

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Dash is very cool! I’ve never seen the Julia docs run as fast…

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**Author:** ![tamasgal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamasgal/32/27946_2.png) [@tamasgal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tamasgal)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/10 "2017-12-15T09:59:41Z")

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It has even lightweight integrations for VIM and other editors 😉

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**Author:** ![raman\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/raman_kumar/32/26782_2.png) [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/11 "2025-06-13T12:28:33Z")

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- Why is not EPUB format of Julia documentation available on [official website](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/)?

I am looking for EPUB format of Julia documentation. I have an E-Ink tablet so i would like to read Julia documentation on it. Is there any solution to it?

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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-formats-epub-mobi-pdf/7700/12 "2025-06-13T13:51:12Z")

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> [@raman\_kumar](#):
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> looking for EPUB format of Julia documentation.

You can find older Julia documentation in epub format in [this thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-documenterepub-jl/53435/26). You may try building a more recent epub version of the Julia manual with the package indicated.