URL: /starter/introduction

---
title: Introduction
description: What Tangly is and where to go next.
icon: "sparkles"
---

# Welcome to Tangly Starter

[Tangly](https://tangly.dev) is a self-hosted, open-source docs framework. It renders the same `docs.json` + MDX corpus that Mintlify renders — so you keep your content, drop the lock-in, and ship a static `dist/` to any CDN.

This site was scaffolded by `tangly init`. Edit the pages in this folder and the dev server reloads instantly.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Getting started" icon="rocket" href="/getting-started">
    Set up your local environment and learn the CLI.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Live docs" icon="book" href="https://tangly.dev">
    Full reference: schema, components, deploy targets.
  </Card>
  <Card title="GitHub" icon="external-link" href="https://github.com/tanglydocs/tangly">
    Source, issues, releases.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Migrate from Mintlify" icon="arrow-right" href="https://tangly.dev/guides/migrate-from-mintlify">
    `tangly migrate` ports a `mint.json` in one command.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  Every page in this starter is meant to be edited or deleted. Treat it as a working scaffold, not a fixture.
</Tip>