---
title: "Introduction"
description: "Doks is a Hugo theme helping you build modern documentation websites that are secure, fast, and SEO-ready — by default."
lead: "Doks is a Hugo theme helping you build modern documentation websites that are secure, fast, and SEO-ready — by default."
date: 2020-10-06T08:48:57+00:00
lastmod: 2020-10-06T08:48:57+00:00
draft: false
images: []
menu:
  docs:
    parent: "prologue"
weight: 100
toc: true
---

## Get started

There are two main ways to get started with Doks:

### Tutorial

{{< alert icon="👉" text="The Tutorial is intended for novice to intermediate users." >}}

Step-by-step instructions on how to start a new Doks project. [Tutorial →](https://getdoks.org/tutorial/introduction/)

### Quick Start

{{< alert icon="👉" text="The Quick Start is intended for intermediate to advanced users." >}}

One page summary of how to start a new Doks project. [Quick Start →]({{< ref "quick-start" >}})

## Go further

Recipes, Reference Guides, Extensions, and Showcase.

### Recipes

Get instructions on how to accomplish common tasks with Doks. [Recipes →](https://getdoks.org/docs/recipes/project-configuration/)

### Reference Guides

Learn how to customize Doks to fully make it your own. [Reference Guides →](https://getdoks.org/docs/reference-guides/security/)

### Extensions

Get instructions on how to add even more to Doks. [Extensions →](https://getdoks.org/docs/extensions/add-google-fonts/)

### Showcase

See what others have build with Doks. [Showcase →](https://getdoks.org/showcase/parietal-numerics-documentation/)

## Contributing

Find out how to contribute to Doks. [Contributing →](https://getdoks.org/docs/contributing/how-to-contribute/)

## Help

Get help on Doks. [Help →]({{< ref "how-to-update" >}})