Start building with Dahlia

Choose the path that matches your project, then configure the docs shell and start writing.

Choose Your Path

New docs site

Start from the Dahlia starter template when you want a working Astro docs site with the theme already wired up.

Existing Astro project

Install Dahlia manually, register the integration, and connect your docs content collection.

Configure Dahlia

Set project identity, docs routing, navigation, docs navigation, footer links, search, source links, and page actions.

Write docs content

Learn frontmatter, Markdown, images, code blocks, and MDX authoring patterns for Dahlia pages.

Customize the UI

Tune appearance, CSS tokens, layouts, and shell component overrides when configuration is not enough.

Reference

Review the complete configuration surface, theme tokens, and Expressive Code integration details.