From ab328e02123fa86d4c405f738138c8189bf6f974 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 08:34:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Chore: move to Zensical for docs (#12011)

(cherry picked from commit 3c51b3f9cd7df6af25ba4726b0d57d7d7d686706)
---
 .devcontainer/vscode/tasks.json |   4 +-
 .github/dependabot.yml          |   2 +-
 .github/workflows/ci-docs.yml   |  56 ++++++--------
 .gitignore                      |   2 +-
 docs/api.md                     |   2 +-
 docs/assets/extra.css           |  47 ++++++------
 docs/development.md             |   6 +-
 docs/faq.md                     |   4 +
 docs/index.md                   |   4 +
 docs/setup.md                   |   6 +-
 docs/usage.md                   |   6 +-
 mkdocs.yml                      |  87 ---------------------
 pyproject.toml                  |   3 +-
 uv.lock                         | 130 +++++++++++---------------------
 zensical.toml                   | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 15 files changed, 245 insertions(+), 242 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 mkdocs.yml
 create mode 100644 zensical.toml

diff --git a/.devcontainer/vscode/tasks.json b/.devcontainer/vscode/tasks.json
index f7cd18d48..bbc1684ce 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/vscode/tasks.json
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"label": "Maintenance: Build Documentation",
-			"description": "Build the documentation with MkDocs",
+			"description": "Build the documentation with Zensical",
 			"type": "shell",
-			"command": "uv run mkdocs build --config-file mkdocs.yml && uv run mkdocs serve",
+			"command": "uv run zensical build && uv run zensical serve",
 			"group": "none",
 			"presentation": {
 				"echo": true,
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 641126309..0cd9a445e 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ updates:
         patterns:
           - "*pytest*"
           - "ruff"
-          - "mkdocs-material"
+          - "zensical"
           - "prek*"
       # Django & DRF Ecosystem
       django-ecosystem:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml
index 4c7cf453c..213f6e409 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml
@@ -6,17 +6,25 @@ on:
       - dev
     paths:
       - 'docs/**'
-      - 'mkdocs.yml'
+      - 'zensical.toml'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'uv.lock'
       - '.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml'
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'docs/**'
-      - 'mkdocs.yml'
+      - 'zensical.toml'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'uv.lock'
       - '.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 concurrency:
   group: docs-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
 env:
   DEFAULT_UV_VERSION: "0.9.x"
   DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
@@ -25,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build Documentation
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -47,42 +56,23 @@ jobs:
             --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
             --dev \
             --frozen \
-            mkdocs build --config-file ./mkdocs.yml
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+            zensical build --clean
+      - name: Upload GitHub Pages artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: documentation
-          path: site/
-          retention-days: 7
+          path: site
+          name: github-pages-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
   deploy:
     name: Deploy Documentation
     needs: build
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Set up Python
-        id: setup-python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - name: Deploy GitHub Pages
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+        id: deployment
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
-        with:
-          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
-          enable-cache: true
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          uv sync --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} --dev --frozen
-      - name: Deploy documentation
-        run: |
-          echo "docs.paperless-ngx.com" > "${{ github.workspace }}/docs/CNAME"
-          git config --global user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
-          git config --global user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
-          uv run \
-            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
-            --dev \
-            --frozen \
-            mkdocs gh-deploy --force --no-history
+          artifact_name: github-pages-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 715760b29..c607f922d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ junit.xml
 # Django stuff:
 *.log
 
-# MkDocs documentation
+# Zensical documentation
 site/
 
 # PyBuilder
diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index ced8eb5b3..7db6bbc7e 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# The REST API
+# REST API
 
 Paperless-ngx now ships with a fully-documented REST API and a browsable
 web interface to explore it. The API browsable interface is available at
diff --git a/docs/assets/extra.css b/docs/assets/extra.css
index 270c1a219..c93e467fd 100644
--- a/docs/assets/extra.css
+++ b/docs/assets/extra.css
@@ -1,13 +1,31 @@
-:root > * {
-    --md-primary-fg-color: #17541f;
-    --md-primary-fg-color--dark: #17541f;
-    --md-primary-fg-color--light: #17541f;
-    --md-accent-fg-color: #2b8a38;
+:root>* {
+    --paperless-green: #17541f;
+    --paperless-green-accent: #2b8a38;
+    --md-primary-fg-color: var(--paperless-green);
+    --md-primary-fg-color--dark: var(--paperless-green);
+    --md-primary-fg-color--light: var(--paperless-green-accent);
+    --md-accent-fg-color: var(--paperless-green-accent);
     --md-typeset-a-color: #21652a;
 }
 
+.md-header,
+.md-tabs {
+    background-color: var(--paperless-green);
+    color: #fff;
+}
+
+.md-tabs__link {
+    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.82);
+}
+
+.md-tabs__link:hover,
+.md-tabs__link--active {
+    color: #fff;
+}
+
 [data-md-color-scheme="slate"] {
     --md-hue: 222;
+    --md-default-bg-color: hsla(var(--md-hue), 15%, 10%, 1);
 }
 
 @media (min-width: 768px) {
@@ -69,8 +87,8 @@ h4 code {
 }
 
 /* Hide config vars from sidebar, toc and move the border on mobile case their hidden */
-.md-nav.md-nav--secondary .md-nav__item .md-nav__link[href*="PAPERLESS_"],
-.md-nav.md-nav--secondary .md-nav__item .md-nav__link[href*="USERMAP_"] {
+.md-nav.md-nav--secondary .md-nav__item:has(> .md-nav__link[href*="PAPERLESS_"]),
+.md-nav.md-nav--secondary .md-nav__item:has(> .md-nav__link[href*="USERMAP_"]) {
     display: none;
 }
 
@@ -83,18 +101,3 @@ h4 code {
         border-top: .05rem solid var(--md-default-fg-color--lightest);
     }
 }
-
-/* Show search shortcut key */
-[data-md-toggle="search"]:not(:checked) ~ .md-header .md-search__form::after {
-    position: absolute;
-    top: .3rem;
-    right: .3rem;
-    display: block;
-    padding: .1rem .4rem;
-    color: var(--md-default-fg-color--lighter);
-    font-weight: bold;
-    font-size: .8rem;
-    border: .05rem solid var(--md-default-fg-color--lighter);
-    border-radius: .1rem;
-    content: "/";
-  }
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index f17d02d02..9f14f1d9e 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ LANGUAGES = [
 
 ## Building the documentation
 
-The documentation is built using material-mkdocs, see their [documentation](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/reference/).
+The documentation is built using Zensical, see their [documentation](https://zensical.org/docs/).
 If you want to build the documentation locally, this is how you do it:
 
 1.  Build the documentation
 
     ```bash
-    $ uv run mkdocs build --config-file mkdocs.yml
+    $ uv run zensical build
     ```
 
     _alternatively..._
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ If you want to build the documentation locally, this is how you do it:
     something.
 
     ```bash
-    $ uv run mkdocs serve
+    $ uv run zensical serve
     ```
 
 ## Building the Docker image
diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md
index 7db8d9dd7..2f6c0ea57 100644
--- a/docs/faq.md
+++ b/docs/faq.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: FAQs
+---
+
 # Frequently Asked Questions
 
 ## _What's the general plan for Paperless-ngx?_
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 1d72f8f6c..2e3a311df 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: Home
+---
+
 <div class="grid-left" markdown>
 ![image](assets/logo_full_black.svg#only-light){.index-logo}
 ![image](assets/logo_full_white.svg#only-dark){.index-logo}
diff --git a/docs/setup.md b/docs/setup.md
index f0381f076..13cf6a63d 100644
--- a/docs/setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-## Installation
+---
+title: Setup
+---
+
+# Installation
 
 You can go multiple routes to setup and run Paperless:
 
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 1e339b61e..ca57e9018 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Usage Overview
+---
+title: Basic Usage
+---
+
+# Usage
 
 Paperless-ngx is an application that manages your personal documents. With
 the (optional) help of a document scanner (see [the scanners wiki](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/wiki/Scanner-&-Software-Recommendations)), Paperless-ngx transforms your unwieldy
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 69a15193a..000000000
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-site_name: Paperless-ngx
-theme:
-  name: material
-  logo: assets/logo.svg
-  font:
-    text: Roboto
-    code: Roboto Mono
-  palette:
-    # Palette toggle for automatic mode
-    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme)"
-      toggle:
-        icon: material/brightness-auto
-        name: Switch to light mode
-    # Palette toggle for light mode
-    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: light)"
-      scheme: default
-      toggle:
-        icon: material/brightness-7
-        name: Switch to dark mode
-    # Palette toggle for dark mode
-    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"
-      scheme: slate
-      toggle:
-        icon: material/brightness-4
-        name: Switch to system preference
-  features:
-    - navigation.tabs
-    - navigation.top
-    - toc.integrate
-    - content.code.annotate
-  icon:
-    repo: fontawesome/brands/github
-  favicon: assets/favicon.png
-repo_url: https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
-repo_name: paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
-edit_uri: blob/main/docs/
-extra_css:
-  - assets/extra.css
-markdown_extensions:
-  - attr_list
-  - md_in_html
-  - def_list
-  - admonition
-  - tables
-  - pymdownx.highlight:
-      anchor_linenums: true
-  - pymdownx.superfences
-  - pymdownx.inlinehilite
-  - pymdownx.snippets
-  - pymdownx.tilde
-  - footnotes
-  - pymdownx.superfences:
-      custom_fences:
-        - name: mermaid
-          class: mermaid
-          format: !!python/name:pymdownx.superfences.fence_code_format
-  - pymdownx.emoji:
-      emoji_index: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.twemoji
-      emoji_generator: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.to_svg
-strict: true
-nav:
-  - index.md
-  - setup.md
-  - 'Basic Usage': usage.md
-  - configuration.md
-  - administration.md
-  - advanced_usage.md
-  - 'REST API': api.md
-  - development.md
-  - 'FAQs': faq.md
-  - troubleshooting.md
-  - 'Migration to v3': migration.md
-  - changelog.md
-copyright: Copyright &copy; 2016 - 2026 Daniel Quinn, Jonas Winkler, and the Paperless-ngx team
-extra:
-  social:
-    - icon: fontawesome/brands/github
-      link: https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
-    - icon: fontawesome/brands/docker
-      link: https://hub.docker.com/r/paperlessngx/paperless-ngx
-    - icon: material/chat
-      link: https://matrix.to/#/#paperless:matrix.org
-plugins:
-  - search
-  - glightbox:
-      skip_classes:
-        - no-lightbox
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc5750e9b..eaa917a6f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 docs = [
-  "mkdocs-glightbox~=0.5.1",
-  "mkdocs-material~=9.7.0",
+  "zensical>=0.0.21",
 ]
 
 testing = [
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+
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@@ -2562,86 +2572,6 @@ name = "microsoft-python-type-stubs"
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+site_description = "Documentation for the Paperless-ngx document management system software."
+site_author = "the Paperless-ngx team"
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+site_url = "https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/"
+
+copyright = """
+Copyright &copy; 2016 - 2026 Daniel Quinn, Jonas Winkler, and the Paperless-ngx team
+"""
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+repo_name = "paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx"
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+  "configuration.md",
+  "administration.md",
+  "advanced_usage.md",
+  "api.md",
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+language = "en"
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+    "content.footnote.tooltips",
+    "navigation.footer",
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+    "navigation.sections",
+    "navigation.tabs",
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+accent = "green"
+toggle.icon = "lucide/moon"
+toggle.name = "Switch to system preference"
+
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+code = "Roboto Mono"
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+icon = "fontawesome/brands/github"
+link = "https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx"
+
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+
+[[project.extra.social]]
+icon = "material/chat"
+link = "https://matrix.to/#/#paperless:matrix.org"
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