Global Settings

Customize your documentation using the mint.json file

Every Mintlify site needs a mint.json file with the core configuration settings. Learn more about the properties or from an example

Properties

Styling

name

string

required

Name of your company or project. Used for the global title.

logo

string or Logo

Path to logo image or object with path to “light” and “dark” mode logo images, and where the logo links to. SVG format is recommended. It does not pixelate and the file size is generally smaller.

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light

string

Path to the logo in light mode. For example: /path/to/logo.svg

dark

string

Path to the logo in dark mode. For example: /path/to/logo.svg

href

string

default: "/"

Where clicking on the logo links you to

favicon

string

Path to the favicon image. For example: /path/to/favicon.svg

colors

Colors

Hex color codes for your global theme

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primary

string

required

The primary color. Used most often for highlighted content, section headers, accents, in light mode

light

string

The primary color for dark mode. Used most often for highlighted content, section headers, accents, in dark mode

dark

string

The primary color for important buttons

background

object

The color of the background in both light and dark mode

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light

string

required

The hex color code of the background in light mode

dark

string

required

The hex color code of the background in dark mode

theme

"venus" | "quill" | "prism"

A preset theme configuration that changes the look and feel of the project. A theme is a set of default styling configurations. Examples: Venus, Quill, Prism

layout

"topnav" | "sidenav" | "solidSidenav"

default: "topnav"

The global layout style of the documentation.

background

Background

Set a decorative background.

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style

"gradient" | "grid" | "windows"

The style of the decorative background.

backgroundImage

string

Set a custom background image to be displayed behind every page.

font

FontDetailsType | { headings?: FontDetailsType, body?: FontDetailsType }

Custom fonts. Apply globally or set different fonts for headings and the body text.

Example:

"font": {
  "headings": {
    "family": "Roboto"
  },
  "body": {
    "family": "Oswald"
  }
}

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family

string

required

The font family name. Custom fonts and all Google Fonts are supported. e.g. “Open Sans”, “Playfair Display”

weight

number

The font weight. Precise values such as 560 are also supported for variable fonts. Check under the Styles section for your Google Font for the available weights.

url

string

The URL to the font file. Can be used to specify a font that is not from Google Fonts.

format

'woff' | 'woff2'

The font format. Required if using a custom font source (url).

modeToggle

ModeToggle

Customize the dark mode toggle.

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default

"light" or "dark"

Set if you always want to show light or dark mode for new users. When not set, we default to the same mode as the user’s operating system.

isHidden

boolean

default: false

Set to true to hide the dark/light mode toggle. You can combine isHidden with default to force your docs to only use light or dark mode. For example:

sidebar

Sidebar

Customize the styling of components within the sidebar.

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items

"container" | "card" | "border" | "undecorated"

default: "container"

The styling of the navigation item.

topbar

Topbar

Styling configurations for the topbar.

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style

"default" | "gradient"

default: "default"

The styling of the navigation item.

search

Search

The location options for the search bar.

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location

"side" | "top"

The location of the search bar.

rounded

"default" | "sharp"

The style of the rounded edges.

codeBlock

CodeBlock

The style of the code block.

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mode

"dark" | "auto"

default: "dark"

auto will automatically switch between light and dark mode based on the user’s system preferences.

Structure

navigation

Navigation[]

required

An array of groups with all the pages within that group

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group

string

The name of the group.

pages

string[]

The relative paths to the markdown files that will serve as pages. Note: groups are recursive, so to add a sub-folder add another group object in the page array.

icon

string

The Fontawesome icon for the group. Note: this only applies to sub-folders.

iconType

string

The type of Fontawesome icon. Must be one of: brands, duotone, light, sharp-solid, solid, thin

topbarLinks

TopbarLink[]

Array of names and urls of links you want to include in the topbar

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name

string

The name of the button.

url

string

The url once you click on the button. Example: https://mintlify.com/contact

topbarCtaButton

Call to Action

Show Topbar Call to Action

type

link or github

default: "link"

Link shows a button. GitHub shows the repo information at the url provided including the number of GitHub stars.

url

string

If type is a link: What the button links to. If type is a github: Link to the repository to load GitHub information from.

name

string

Text inside the button. Only required if type is a link.

style

"pill" | "roundedRectangle"

The style of the button.

arrow

boolean

Whether to display the arrow

versions

string[]

Array of version names. Only use this if you want to show different versions of docs with a dropdown in the navigation bar.

Versions can be leveraged for localization. You can store translated content under a version, and once you specify the locale any fixed text in Mintlify, such as ‘Was this page helpful?’, will automatically be translated based on the locale. We currently support localization in English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Portuguese.

For more information, please refer to our versioning documentation.

Example:

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name

string

required

The version name.

locale

string

The locale of the version. Supported locales are en, cn, es, fr, jp, pt, pt-BR.

default

true

Whether the version is the default version. Handy for when you have a “latest” and “stable” version and you want to default to the stable version.

anchors

Anchor[]

An array of the anchors, includes the icon, color, and url.

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name

string

required

The name of the anchor label.

Example: Community

icon

string

The Font Awesome icon used to feature the anchor.

Example: comments

url

string

The start of the URL that marks what pages go in the anchor. Generally, this is the name of the folder you put your pages in.

color

string

The hex color of the anchor icon background. Can also be a gradient if you pass an object with the properties from and to that are each a hex color.

version

string

Used if you want to hide an anchor until the correct docs version is selected.

isDefaultHidden

boolean

default: false

Pass true if you want to hide the anchor until you directly link someone to docs inside it.

iconType

string

default: "duotone"

One of: “brands”, “duotone”, “light”, “sharp-solid”, “solid”, or “thin”

topAnchor

Anchor

Override the default configurations for the top-most anchor. Note: if you have tabs configured, this does not apply.

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name

string

default: "Documentation"required

The name of the top-most anchor

icon

string

default: "book-open"

Font Awesome icon.

iconType

string

default: "duotone"

One of: “brands”, “duotone”, “light”, “sharp-solid”, “solid”, or “thin”

tabs

Tabs[]

An array of navigational tabs.

Example:

"tabs": [
  {
    "name": "Writing Content",
    "url": "content"
  },
  {
    "name": "API References",
    "url": "api-playground"
  }
]

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name

string

The name of the tab label.

url

string

The start of the URL that marks what pages go in the tab. Generally, this is the name of the folder you put your pages in.

isDefaultHidden

boolean

default: false

Pass true if you want to hide the tab until you directly link someone to docs inside it.

footer

{ socials?: FooterSocials, links?: FooterLinksColumn[] }

An object to configure the footer with socials and links. Example:

"footer": {
  "socials": { "x": "https://x.com/mintlify", "website": "https://mintlify.com" },
  "links": [
    {
      "title": "Column 1",
      "links": [
        { "label": "Column 1 Link 1", "url": "https://mintlify.com" }, 
        { "label": "Column 1 Link 2", "url": "https://mintlify.com" }
      ]
    }, 
    {
      "title": "Column 2",
      "links": [
        { "label": "Column 2 Link 1", "url": "https://mintlify.com" },
        { "label": "Column 2 Link 2", "url": "https://mintlify.com" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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[key]

string

One of the following values website, facebook, x, youtube, discord, slack, github, linkedin, instagram, hacker-news, medium, telegram, twitter

Example: x

value

string

The URL to the social platform.

Example: https://x.com/mintlify

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title

string

Title of the column

links

{ label: string, url: string }[]

The link items in the column. External urls that starts with https:// or http:// will be opened in new tab.

feedback

Feedback

Configurations to enable feedback buttons

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thumbsRating

boolean

default: false

Enables a rating system for users to indicate whether the page has been helpful

suggestEdit

boolean

default: false

Enables a button to allow users to suggest edits via pull requests

raiseIssue

boolean

default: false

Enables a button to allow users to raise an issue about the documentation

search

Search

Configurations to change the search prompt

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prompt

string

default: "undefined"

Set the prompt for the search bar. Default is Search...

API Configurations

api

API

Configuration for API settings. Learn more about API pages at API Components.

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baseUrl

string

The base url for all API endpoints. If baseUrl is an array, it will enable for multiple base url options that the user can toggle.

auth

Auth

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method

"bearer" | "basic" | "key"

The authentication strategy used for all API endpoints.

name

string

The name of the authentication parameter used in the API playground.

If method is basic, the format should be [usernameName]:[passwordName]

inputPrefix

string

The default value that’s designed to be a prefix for the authentication input field.

E.g. If an inputPrefix of AuthKey would inherit the default input result of the authentication field as AuthKey.

playground

Playground

Configurations for the API playground

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mode

"show" | "simple" | "hide"

default: "show"

Whether the playground is showing, hidden, or only displaying the endpoint with no added user interactivity simple

Learn more at the playground guides

disableProxy

boolean

default: false

By default, API playground requests are proxied by Mintlify. This setting can be used to disable this behavior.

Required for select request types, such as file uploads.

request

object

Configurations for API requests

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example

object

Configurations for the auto-generated API request examples

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languages

string[]

An array of strings that determine the order of the languages of the auto-generated request examples. You can either define custom languages utilizing x-codeSamples or use our default languages which include bash, python, javascript, php, go, java

paramFields

ApiParamFields

Configurations for the param fields in the API Playground

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expanded

"all" | "topLevel" | "topLevelOneOfs" | "none"

default: "none"

The default expanded state of expandable options in the API playground.

"all" - every expandable component is expanded

"topLevel" - every top-level expandable component is expanded

"topLevelOneOfs" - every top-level oneOf type is expanded

"none" - every expandable component is closed (default behavior)

openapi

string | string[]

A string or an array of strings of URL(s) or relative path(s) pointing to your OpenAPI file.

Examples:

Integrations

integrations

Integrations

Configurations to add third-party integrations (excluding analytics integrations)

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intercom

string

Enables Intercom widget on docs site. The value should be your Intercom App ID.

frontchat

string

Enables Frontchat widget on docs site. The value should be your Frontchat App ID.

analytics

Analytics

Configurations to add third-party analytics integrations. See full list of supported analytics here.

Redirects

redirects

Redirect[]

An array of paths you want to configure to permanently redirect to another path

Example:

"redirects": [
  {
    "source": "/source/path",
    "destination": "/destination/path"
  }
]

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source

string

The path that you want to redirect from.

Example: /source

destination

string

The path that you want to redirect to.

Example: /destination

Search Engine Optimization

seo

SEO

Settings for Search Engine Optimization.

Example:

"seo": {
  "indexHiddenPages": true
}

Show Redirect

indexHiddenPages

boolean

default: "false"

Enables indexing pages not included in navigation.

Example mint.json

Click on the following dropdown to view a sample configuration file

View Example Configuration

{
  "name": "Mintlify",
  "logo": {
    "light": "/logo/light.svg",
    "dark": "/logo/dark.svg"
  },
  "favicon": "/favicon.svg",
  "colors": {
    "primary": "#16A34A",
    "light": "#4ADE80",
    "dark": "#166534"
  },
  "topbarLinks": [
    {
      "name": "Contact Us",
      "url": "mailto:[e-mail]"
    }
  ],
  "topbarCtaButton": {
    "name": "Get Started",
    "url": "https://1tc7vihvbit.typeform.com/to/pZJ31XZB"
  },
  "anchors": [
    {
      "name": "API Components",
      "icon": "rectangle-terminal",
      "color": "#f59f0b",
      "url": "api-components"
    },
    {
      "name": "Community",
      "icon": "comments",
      "color": "#2564eb",
      "url": "https://discord.gg/MPNgtSZkgK"
    }
  ],
  "navigation": [
    {
      "group": "Getting Started",
      "pages": ["introduction", "quickstart"]
    },
    {
      "group": "API Components",
      "pages": ["api-playground/overview", "api-playground/configuration"]
    },
    {
      "group": "Settings",
      "pages": ["settings/global", "settings/page"]
    },
    {
      "group": "Analytics",
      "pages": ["analytics/posthog"]
    }
  ],
  "footerSocials": {
    "github": "https://github.com/mintlify",
    "slack": "https://mintlify.com/community",
    "x": "https://x.com/mintlify"
  },
  "integrations": {
    "intercom": "APP_ID",
    "frontchat": "CHAT_ID"
  }
}

More Customization

Learn more about how to further customize your docs with custom CSS and JS in Custom Scripts.