docsifyjs/Lobby

@fhjer docsify is the script (the code) that runs in your client side application when you serve it to your browser. This is a <script src="path/to/docsify.js"></script> tag inside of your index.html file. This code is what loads your .md files dynamically, creates the URL routing system, and reads the options you specify in the $docsify object.

On the other hand, docsify-cli is simply just a tool that generates a default docs template in a folder that you will later serve. Technically you do not need docsify-cli. You can make your static website by yourself without doscify-cli, stick the <script src="path/to/docsify.js"></script> into your HTML page, and you're ready to go. You can serve your content any way you want, f.e. using a PHP server, Ruby server, Node.js http module, serve package from NPM, http-server package from NPM, etc. Summary: docsify-cli generates a basic template to get started with, and it also creates a static server for you. That's all it does!

To make a Docsify website, you only need the docsify script, and to have .md files that will render as pages. By default, docsify will render the documentation into a div in your HTML page. It will look for a div like this: <div id="app"></div>. If you meet those requirements, and you serve your HTML yourself without docsify-cli that will work too!