# Getting Started
It is recommended to globally install the `docsify-cli` tool, which can simply build and preview local documentation.
```bash
npm i docsify-cli -g
```
## Initialize the project
If you wish to create documentation in the `./docs` directory of your project, you can directly initialize it with `init`.
```bash
docsify init ./docs
```
## Start it Now
After successful initialization, various files are created in the `./docs` directory
- `index.html` Entry
- `README.md` will be rendered as homepage content
- `.nojekyll` to avoid GitHub Pages from neglecting files that begin with an underline
Editing `docs/README.md` directly can update the content of the document, and of course you can[add more pages](zh-cn/more-pages.md)。
## Local Preview
You can easily preview the effect in real-time by enabling a local server by running `docsify serve`. Default access address: http://localhost:3000 。
```bash
docsify serve docs
```
?> To learn more about the command-line tool usage, please refer to [docsify-cli documentation](https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify-cli)。
## Manual initialization
If you dislike npm or find the installation of the tools to be too laborious, we can manually create the `index.html` file.
*index.html*
```html
```
If Python is available on your system, you may also launch a static server to preview your website with relative ease.
```python2
cd docs && python -m SimpleHTTPServer 3000
```
```python3
cd docs && python -m http.server 3000
```
## Loading Tips
The `Loading...` content will be presented upon initialization, and the prompt information can be customized.
```html
Loading
```
If you modify the setting of 'el', the 'data-app' attribute must be added to this element.
```html