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# Moonbeam Docs Repo

How to install and edit the Moonbeam repo & reference docs

## Get Moonbeam Docs from GitHUB

Clone https://github.com/PureStake/moonbeam-docs.git
![](https://i.imgur.com/yDvUUGh.png)
with the command: 
`git clone https://github.com/PureStake/moonbeam-docs.git`

or simply  download the zip file 
![](https://i.imgur.com/jPoWuIP.png)

Open the project in VSCode (or other IDE) https://code.visualstudio.com 


![](https://i.imgur.com/Sp22EGA.png)


and start editing the Markdown files (.md) :) . 


## Running local web with mkDoc

To run it locally install mkdocs: 

```
pip install --upgrade pip
```
![](https://i.imgur.com/75gcprU.jpg)


`pip install mkdocs`
Check the installed version
```
python -m mkdocs --version
```

open the brower on the serving  url.
```
python -m mkdocs serve
```

![](https://i.imgur.com/xcY6AEI.png)

Finally, in order to build or publish them on github, it is suggested to follow the following reference instructions: 
https://www.mkdocs.org

