Gusenga Thierry
Builds DocuGate at ITK ALLIANCE GROUP in Kigali, Rwanda: the reader, the access gate and the server behind it.
- A documentation platform built in Kigali, Rwanda
DocuGate is a documentation platform built by ITK ALLIANCE GROUP in Kigali. What it does, why it fits teams in Rwanda and across Africa, and what it does not do yet.
- A GitBook alternative for gated docs from GitHub
DocuGate and GitBook compared on price, access control and editing, as of October 2026, including when GitBook is the better choice.
- A GitHub Pages alternative for private sites
GitHub Pages only publishes privately on GitHub Enterprise Cloud. The alternatives for private docs, and what each asks of you.
- A Mintlify alternative for private docs from GitHub
DocuGate and Mintlify compared on price, access control and setup, as of October 2026, including when Mintlify is the better choice.
- A ReadMe alternative for private API docs
DocuGate and ReadMe compared on price, private docs and API reference, as of October 2026, including when ReadMe is the better choice.
- Caching markdown from GitHub per commit, not per minute
How DocuGate caches documentation read from GitHub under the commit SHA it came from, why private repositories are never cached, and what that still costs.
- Can a GitHub Pages site be private?
Only on GitHub Enterprise Cloud. What private Pages means, and the other ways to keep docs published from a repository readable by the right people only.
- Can someone read docs from a GitHub repo without a GitHub account?
Who can read documentation kept in a GitHub repository without a GitHub account, and how to give a non-developer access to private docs.
- Developers, partners and operations from one repository
How we set up documentation for three audiences from one repository in DocuGate's logistics setup, with a different access rule for each.
- How do I password protect a Docusaurus site?
Docusaurus has no login of its own. The four ways to put a password or sign-in in front of a Docusaurus site, and what each one costs.
- How do I share docs from a private repo without giving repo access?
Ways to let clients, partners or staff read the documentation in a private GitHub repository without adding them to the repository.
- How to password protect a documentation site
The ways to put a password or sign-in in front of a docs site: host-level basic auth, an access proxy, or a docs platform with a gate built in.
- How to publish private documentation from a GitHub repo
Turn the markdown in a private GitHub repository into a docs site only the right people can read, without a second permission list to maintain.
- How to share API documentation with clients
Ways to give clients and partners your API docs without making them public or handing over repository access, and what each costs you in upkeep.
- How to turn markdown files into a documentation website
The ways to publish a folder of markdown as a docs site: a static site generator, a hosted docs platform, or a host that reads the repository directly.
- Is there a documentation platform built in Africa?
DocuGate is a documentation platform built in Kigali, Rwanda. What it does, what it costs, and what to weigh when choosing any documentation tool.
- Shipping a docs site without a sidebar config file
How DocuGate builds navigation from the folders, headings and index files already in a repository, and the one optional file for what folders cannot say.
- Should API documentation be public or private?
When API docs should be public, when they should be gated, and how many teams split them: a public reference with private partner guides.
- What is docs-as-code?
Docs-as-code explained: documentation written in plain text, kept in Git beside the code, reviewed in pull requests and published automatically.
- What is the cheapest way to host private documentation?
Private documentation hosting compared on price, as of October 2026: free self-run options, DocuGate at $5 a month, and the hosted platforms at $249 and up.
- Why the access check lives on the server, and GitHub is the gate
How DocuGate decides who may read a docs space, why that decision never runs in the browser, and why GitHub answers it for repository access.
- Why we price gated docs by reader, not by space
The value metric behind DocuGate's pricing, gated readers rather than spaces, and the pricing decisions we made and then reversed on the way to it.