What is cloudflare-docs?

cloudflare/cloudflare-docs — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-26

★ 4,715MDXAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

Mindmap

mindmap
  root((CF Docs))
    What it does
      Hosts all CF guides
      API reference docs
      Community contributions
    Tech stack
      MDX format
      Starlight framework
      Astro ecosystem
    Products covered
      CDN and DNS
      Workers serverless
      R2 storage
      DDoS protection
    Audience
      Web developers
      DevOps engineers
      CF product users

mindmap root((CF Docs)) What it does Hosts all CF guides API reference docs Community contributions Tech stack MDX format Starlight framework Astro ecosystem Products covered CDN and DNS Workers serverless R2 storage DDoS protection Audience Web developers DevOps engineers CF product users

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Look up how to configure a Cloudflare Worker to run code at the network edge without a server.

USE CASE 2

Find step-by-step tutorials for setting up DDoS protection or a CDN for your website.

USE CASE 3

Contribute a fix or new example to Cloudflare's public documentation via a pull request.

USE CASE 4

Reference the Cloudflare API specification to understand available endpoints and parameters.

What is it built with?

MDXAstroStarlightReactMarkdown

How does it compare?

	cloudflare/cloudflare-docs	trigaten/learn_prompting	openui/open-ui
Stars	4,715	4,696	4,484
Language	MDX	MDX	MDX
Setup difficulty	easy	easy	easy
Complexity	2/5	1/5	1/5
Audience	developer	general	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Clone the repo and run the Astro/Starlight dev server locally to preview docs. Contributions are made via pull requests on GitHub, contribution guidelines are in the repo.

License not specified in the explanation.

So what is it?

This repository contains the source files for Cloudflare's developer documentation, which is published publicly at developers.cloudflare.com. It is the open-source backing store for all the reference guides, tutorials, and how-to pages that Cloudflare makes available to developers who use its services. The files are written in MDX, which is a combination of Markdown (a simple text formatting syntax) and JSX (a way of embedding interactive components). This format lets documentation authors write plain text that also supports things like interactive examples or live code snippets, depending on how the site renders them. Anyone can propose changes to the documentation by submitting a pull request. Cloudflare provides a style guide at its developer site that explains what kinds of contributions are welcome and how to format them. The repository also participates in Hacktoberfest, an annual open-source contribution event, which encourages outside contributors to improve documentation during October. The written content in this repository is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, which means you can reuse and share it as long as you credit Cloudflare. Any code samples in the repository are covered by the MIT license, which is even more permissive. Cloudflare's logos, names, and trademarks are not covered by either license. The README notes that Cloudflare may use AI tools to review pull requests and issues submitted to this repository, to help identify errors and inconsistencies in the documentation. It asks contributors not to include personal information in their submissions for that reason. The repository is maintained directly by Cloudflare and reflects the current state of documentation for all its developer products.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Based on the Cloudflare developer docs, show me how to deploy a basic Hello World Cloudflare Worker using the Wrangler CLI.

Prompt 2

Using the Cloudflare docs as reference, explain how to set up an R2 storage bucket and connect it to a Workers script.

Prompt 3

How do I configure a custom domain with Cloudflare DNS and point it to a Pages deployment, following the official Cloudflare documentation steps?

Prompt 4

Walk me through setting up a Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA widget on my HTML form, based on the Cloudflare developer documentation.

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