Project Bootstrap

Bootstrap open-source projects with professional documentation, CI/CD, and polish.

Components

Component	What it does
MkDocs	Material theme docs with tabs, code copy, dark mode
GitHub Actions	Auto-deploy docs on push to main
Giscus	GitHub Discussions-based comments on docs
README	Polished README with badges, tables, examples
Funding	Ko-fi badge, GitHub Sponsors

Quick Reference

MkDocs Setup

Create mkdocs.yml:

site_name: Project Name
site_url: https://ninyawee.github.io/REPO
repo_url: https://github.com/ninyawee/REPO

theme:
  name: material
  custom_dir: docs/overrides
  palette:
    - scheme: default
      primary: indigo
      toggle:
        icon: material/brightness-7
        name: Switch to dark mode
    - scheme: slate
      primary: indigo
      toggle:
        icon: material/brightness-4
        name: Switch to light mode
  features:
    - content.code.copy
    - navigation.sections
    - navigation.expand

markdown_extensions:
  - pymdownx.highlight:
      anchor_linenums: true
  - pymdownx.superfences
  - pymdownx.tabbed:
      alternate_style: true
  - tables
  - admonition
  - pymdownx.details

nav:
  - Home: index.md
  - Getting Started: getting-started.md

Add mise task:

[tasks."docs:serve"]
run = "uv run --with mkdocs-material mkdocs serve"

[tasks."docs:build"]
run = "uv run --with mkdocs-material mkdocs build"

GitHub Actions - Docs Deploy

Create .github/workflows/docs.yml:

name: Deploy Docs

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths: ['docs/**', 'mkdocs.yml', '.github/workflows/docs.yml']
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.12'
      - run: pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material
      - run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force

Giscus Comments

Prerequisites (Giscus requires public repo with Discussions enabled):

# Enable discussions
gh repo edit ninyawee/REPO --enable-discussions

# Verify repo is public and discussions enabled
gh repo view ninyawee/REPO --json visibility,hasDiscussionsEnabled

Setup steps:

Run the commands above to enable discussions
Go to https://giscus.app and enter repo name
Copy data-repo-id and data-category-id

Create docs/overrides/main.html:

{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block content %}
  {{ super() }}

  <h2 id="__comments">{{ lang.t("meta.comments") }}</h2>

  <script
    src="https://giscus.app/client.js"
    data-repo="ninyawee/REPO"
    data-repo-id="REPO_ID_FROM_GISCUS"
    data-category="General"
    data-category-id="CATEGORY_ID_FROM_GISCUS"
    data-mapping="pathname"
    data-strict="0"
    data-reactions-enabled="1"
    data-emit-metadata="0"
    data-input-position="bottom"
    data-theme="preferred_color_scheme"
    data-lang="en"
    data-loading="lazy"
    crossorigin="anonymous"
    async
  ></script>
{% endblock %}

README Polish

Docs Link (add after description)

📖 **[Documentation](https://ninyawee.github.io/REPO/)**

Badges

[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/PACKAGE)](https://pypi.org/project/PACKAGE/)
[![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/PACKAGE)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/PACKAGE)
[![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/PACKAGE)](https://crates.io/crates/PACKAGE)
[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-ninyawee.github.io%2FREPO-blue)](https://ninyawee.github.io/REPO)
[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ninyawee/REPO)](LICENSE)

Structure Pattern

Title with Thai meaning if applicable
Badges row (optional)
One-liner tagline (Thai + English for Thai projects)
Docs link 📖 **[Documentation](https://ninyawee.github.io/REPO/)**
Packages table (if multi-package)
Quick example code block
Installation section
Usage examples
Support/Funding section
License

See references/readme-template.md for full example.

Funding

Ko-fi Badge

[![Ko-fi](https://img.shields.io/badge/Ko--fi-Support%20me%20☕-ff5f5f?logo=ko-fi&logoColor=white)](https://ko-fi.com/ninyawee)

GitHub Sponsors

Create .github/FUNDING.yml:

ko_fi: ninyawee
github: ninyawee

Package Metadata

Add docs/repo URLs to package manifests:

Cargo.toml (Rust)

[package]
name = "package-name"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"
license = "MIT"
description = "Short description"
repository = "https://github.com/ninyawee/REPO"
homepage = "https://ninyawee.github.io/REPO"
documentation = "https://ninyawee.github.io/REPO"
keywords = ["keyword1", "keyword2"]
categories = ["category"]

pyproject.toml (Python)

[project]
name = "package-name"
version = "0.1.0"
description = "Short description"
license = "MIT"
readme = "README.md"
requires-python = ">=3.9"
keywords = ["keyword1", "keyword2"]
authors = [{ name = "Nutchanon Ninyawee", email = "me@nutchanon.org" }]

[project.urls]
Homepage = "https://github.com/ninyawee/REPO"
Documentation = "https://ninyawee.github.io/REPO"
Repository = "https://github.com/ninyawee/REPO"

package.json (Node.js)

{
  "name": "package-name",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "description": "Short description",
  "license": "MIT",
  "author": "Nutchanon Ninyawee <me@nutchanon.org>",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/ninyawee/REPO"
  },
  "homepage": "https://ninyawee.github.io/REPO",
  "bugs": "https://github.com/ninyawee/REPO/issues",
  "keywords": ["keyword1", "keyword2"]
}

Checklist

When bootstrapping a project:

project-bootstrap