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What does Mintlify do?

Tool: Mintlify

The Tech: Documentation Platform

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Their Pitch

The intelligent documentation platform.

Our Take

It's a documentation builder for developer tools. You write in simple text files, it creates a fancy website that looks like you hired a design team.

Deep Dive & Reality Check

Used For

  • +**Your support team gets the same API questions 50 times a day** → Interactive examples let developers test calls right in the docs
  • +**You're copy-pasting API changes into 6 different doc pages manually** → AI agent updates everything automatically when your code changes
  • +**Developers abandon your tool because they can't figure out the setup** → Clean themes and smart navigation actually guide people through onboarding
  • +Connects directly to your code repository - docs update when you push changes, no separate publishing step
  • +Password protection for stealth mode - show docs to investors without going public

Best For

  • >Your API docs look like they were written in 1995 and developers keep asking basic questions
  • >You're launching soon and need professional-looking docs without hiring designers
  • >Your team is drowning in doc maintenance and you want robots to help

Not For

  • -Solo developers or tiny teams - the setup assumes you're already using proper code repositories and workflows
  • -Anyone wanting detailed user feedback systems - the comment features are basically useless for tracking issues
  • -Teams that need transparent pricing - everything beyond basic is custom quotes and mystery add-ons

Pairs With

  • *GitHub (where your actual documentation files live and get updated by your development team)
  • *OpenAPI/Swagger (auto-generates all your endpoint documentation so you don't manually write API references)
  • *Stripe (the gold standard for what developer docs should look like - Mintlify helps you get there)
  • *Vercel (for hosting the actual website that gets built from your documentation)
  • *Slack (where your team celebrates not answering the same integration question for the 100th time)

The Catch

  • !The feedback widget requires your code to be publicly visible on GitHub, which kills it for most companies
  • !Analytics are surprisingly basic - you can't even see which pages are actually helpful vs confusing
  • !Add-ons like password protection cost extra but pricing is hidden until you're already interested

Bottom Line

Turns your messy developer docs into something that doesn't make users want to scream.