Manual

Product documentation theme for Dune — design inspired by Just the Docs, Dune-native (not a port).

Manual screenshot

Demohttps://themes.getdune.org/manual

Tags: dune-theme, docs, sidebar, inspired

Install

dune theme:install jsr:@dune/theme-manual@1.0.0 --activate

Or by hand, in config/site.yaml:

themes:
  - name: manual
    src: jsr:@dune/theme-manual@1.0.0

theme:
  name: manual
  src: jsr:@dune/theme-manual@1.0.0

Full-height sidebar with brand + tagline, live search against /api/search, active nav accent border, and optional label: New / Beta title badges. Config covers color_scheme (default purple / Just the Docs #7253ed), optional scheme_switcher, site_tagline, and footer_text — see the live demo.

Templates

Template Notes
default Docs page + optional New/Beta label badge
section Section index with lead description
post Blog-shaped page if mixed into docs
search Form search over Dune /api/search
error Themed 404 / 500

Not a port of Just the Docs. For book-style sidebar docs, see Caravan; for Hextra-inspired modern docs, see Lucid.