# Introduction

SolidBase provides fully featured, fully customisable [Static Site Generation](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Static_site_generator) for [Solid](https://www.solidjs.com), built on [`@solidjs/vite-plugin`](https://github.com/solidjs/solid-vite-plugin).
It focuses on [Markdown](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Markdown) ([MDX](https://mdxjs.com/)), making it ideal for writing documentation.

You can [add SolidBase to an existing Solid project](/guide/add-to-existing) or start a new project with our [quickstart guide](/guide/quickstart).

## Key features

### Built-in Markdown

Out of the box support for Markdown and MDX with almost all extensions you'd ever want. All the extension documentation and examples are available on our [Markdown Extensions](/guide/features/markdown) page.

### LLM-ready docs

Generate an `llms.txt` index and markdown mirrors of your docs for AI tooling and machine-readable documentation workflows. Learn more in the [LLMs.txt guide](/guide/features/llms).

### Search engine discovery

Generate a sitemap and `robots.txt` with localized alternates and sensible defaults for search crawlers. Learn more in the [Sitemap and robots guide](/guide/features/sitemap-and-robots).

### Customizable

All the SolidBase components can be overridden to transform your website into your own unique design. To see how, visit the [Extending Themes](/guide/customization/extending-themes) documentation.

### Performant

Instant first load by prerendering each page during build, next navigation will be upgraded to client side and smoothly transition pages.

## Acknowledgment

SolidBase would not have been possible without the work done by other meaningful projects in the frontend community including:

* VitePress - [https://vitepress.dev/](https://vitepress.dev/)
* GitBook - [https://www.gitbook.com/](https://www.gitbook.com/)
* Starlight - [https://starlight.astro.build/](https://starlight.astro.build/)
* Docusaurus - [https://docusaurus.io/](https://docusaurus.io/)
* Fumadocs - [https://fumadocs.vercel.app/](https://fumadocs.vercel.app/)