Silica Docs

Installation

Create a new Silica vault and run it locally.

Silica keeps your repository focused on content. You write Markdown; Silica builds and serves the website.

  1. Scaffold a project.
  2. Add Markdown files under content/.
  3. Run npm run dev and open http://localhost:3000.
  4. Edit content — the site rebuilds automatically as you save.

Create a new vault

Bash
npx create-silica my-vault
cd my-vault
npm install
npm run dev

This gives you a ready-to-edit vault:

  • content/index.md — your home page
  • content/notes/getting-started.md — a starter note
  • silica.config.ts — site settings
  • package.json with dev, build, and start scripts
  • .env.example, a Dockerfile, and a GitHub Actions workflow for deployment

From there, the only folders you touch are content/ (your pages) and public/ (static files like a favicon).

Add Silica to an existing folder of notes

If you already have a vault, point Silica at it by creating a silica.config.ts next to your content/ folder and adding the silica commands to package.json. See Project structure for the expected layout.

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