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Gear Wiki

Gear Wiki is a developer documentation portal with guides and reference material for building with the Gear ecosystem. Its public repository includes instructions for installing dependencies, starting a local copy in a browser, and contributing documentation.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use the hosted wiki for Gear development guidance; use the repository workflow when you want to preview or contribute documentation changes.

Who it is for

  • Developers learning or building with the Gear ecosystem.
  • Contributors who want to edit or propose changes to Gear documentation.

Documented uses

  • Find guides for getting started with Gear development.
  • Preview documentation edits in a locally running wiki.
  • Propose documentation changes through an issue or pull request.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

  • The project repository is JavaScript-based, and its local setup calls for Node.js with Yarn or npm.
  • The setup instructions include a locale option and give zh-cn as an example.
  • Wiki content is distributed under the CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Run a local Gear Wiki for documentation edits

Start a local copy of the wiki and view it in a browser while tracking changes.

Before you start

  • Node.js
  • Yarn or npm

Steps

  1. Clone https://github.com/gear-foundation/gear-wiki and enter the repository directory.

  2. Install dependencies with yarn install or the command below.

    Documented command
    npm install

  3. Start the site with yarn start or the command below.

    Documented command
    npm run start

  4. Open http://localhost:3000/ in a browser.

Expected outcome

A local wiki copy runs in a browser, where contributors can follow their edits.

Guide limitations

  • The instructions describe local startup and preview, not deployment.
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Source-based practical guide

Start the local wiki with a specified locale

Run the local wiki using a locale option, following the documented Chinese example.

Before you start

  • Node.js
  • Yarn
  • A cloned Gear Wiki repository with dependencies installed

Steps

  1. From the repository, run yarn start --locale .

  2. For the documented Chinese example, use yarn start --locale zh-cn.

Expected outcome

The local wiki starts with the selected locale option.

Guide limitations

  • The instructions show a Chinese locale example but do not enumerate other supported locale values.
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Evidence and transparency

Sources & review

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