zmk/docs
Joel Spadin 354cff9c36
fix(docs): Improve ZMK setup instructions (#3209)
* fix(docs): Improve link and code highlight contrast

Reset the theme's primary colors to the defaults, since the color of
links was a bit too low contrast in the dark theme. The default primary
color is a very similar but slightly lighter shade of blue.

The background color of highlighted lines in code blocks is also fairly
low contrast, but it needs to be in order to keep the text readable. To
add contrast here, we now add a colored block to the left side of a
highlighted line.

* fix(docs): Improve ZMK setup instructions

This makes several improvements to the instructions for installing and
using ZMK CLI:

- Windows Terminal is also named "Terminal", so reworded the terminal
  instructions to not separate Windows from other OSes.

- Specified that Windows Terminal should always be used on Windows, as
  on older installations of Windows, the default terminal when opening
  PowerShell may be the legacy console host, which may not support some
  of the VT sequences used by ZMK CLI.

- Switched from pipx to uv. This eliminates the need for instructions
  on installing Python, as uv will automatically install a supported
  version of Python if needed.

- Updated the instructions for running "zmk init", as ZMK CLI version
  0.4.0 switched from immediately asking for a repo URL to prompting
  the user to select between creating a new repo or cloning an existing
  one first.

- Since for a new user, having a keymap compile successfully on the
  first attempt after modifying it may be the exception rather than the
  norm, added a note about error messages in GitHub actions with a link
  to the troubleshooting page.

Also added instructions for updating ZMK CLI to the latest version on
the ZMK CLI page.
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blog docs: Update Corne-ish Zen mentions for Zephyr 4.1 upgrade renames (#3143) 2025-12-14 07:15:54 +00:00
docs fix(docs): Improve ZMK setup instructions (#3209) 2026-01-17 20:00:01 -06:00
src fix(docs): Improve ZMK setup instructions (#3209) 2026-01-17 20:00:01 -06:00
static docs: Add redirect setup script informing users to switch to ZMK CLI (#3168) 2025-12-29 10:26:00 -08:00
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docusaurus.config.js docs: Replace user setup script with ZMK CLI (#3137) 2025-12-14 16:20:35 -06:00
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package-lock.json chore(deps-dev): bump typescript-eslint (#3192) 2026-01-07 23:22:33 +01:00
package.json chore(deps-dev): bump typescript-eslint (#3192) 2026-01-07 23:22:33 +01:00
sidebars.js SoC: stm32c0 support (#3174) 2026-01-07 18:05:13 -05:00
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zmk-release-versions.json docs: Add release version to the docs, with links and warning banner (#3122) 2025-12-07 03:43:13 -05:00

README.md

Website

This website is built using Docusaurus 2, a modern static website generator.

License

The ZMK Documentation is licensed CC-BY-NC-SA.

Installation

$ npm ci

Local Development

$ npm start

This command starts a local development server and open up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

$ npm build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.