diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c73b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+docs/backend
+docs/frontend
+site
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 266116e..0142dfc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 stages:
-- fetch
-- build
+- fetch-and-build
 - deploy
 
 variables:
@@ -8,21 +7,15 @@ variables:
 
 image: alpine:latest
 
-fetch:
- stage: fetch
+fetch-and-build:
+ stage: fetch-and-build
  artifacts:
    paths:
-   - docs/
+   - site/
  script:
- - apk add git
- - mkdir docs/
- - git clone https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma.git -b master --depth 1
- - cp -r pleroma/docs docs
-
-build:
- stage: build
- script:
- - echo "noop"
+ - apk add git py-pip
+ - pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material
+ - ./manage.sh all --branch $BRANCH
 
 deploy:
   stage: deploy
diff --git a/docs/css/extra.css b/docs/css/extra.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..893c958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/css/extra.css
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.md-typeset a
+{
+ color: #ffab40;
+}
+
+.md-nav__link--active, .md-nav__link:active
+{
+ color: #ffab40;
+}
diff --git a/docs/images/pleroma_logo_vector_bg_180.png b/docs/images/pleroma_logo_vector_bg_180.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac82ca0
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/pleroma_logo_vector_bg_180.png differ
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1333ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TODO
diff --git a/manage.sh b/manage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d38ae85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+fetch() {
+  if [ $LOCAL = false ]; then
+    mkdir .tmp
+    git clone $FRONTEND_REPO --branch $BRANCH --depth 1 .tmp/fe
+    git clone $BACKEND_REPO --branch $BRANCH --depth 1 .tmp/be
+    FRONTEND_REPO=.tmp/fe
+    BACKEND_REPO=.tmp/fe
+  fi
+  rm -rf docs/frontend
+  rm -rf docs/backend
+  mkdir docs/frontend
+  mkdir docs/backend
+  cp -r $FRONTEND_REPO/docs/* docs/frontend
+  cp -r $BACKEND_REPO/docs/* docs/backend
+  rm -rf .tmp
+}
+
+build() {
+  mkdocs build
+}
+
+all() {
+	fetch
+	build
+}
+
+FRONTEND_REMOTE_REPO_DEFAULT='https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma-fe'
+BACKEND_REMOTE_REPO_DEFAULT='https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma'
+
+FRONTEND_LOCAL_REPO_DEFAULT='../pleroma-fe'
+BACKEND_LOCAL_REPO_DEFAULT='../pleroma'
+BRANCH='develop'
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") <stage> [<options>]
+
+  The stages are:
+
+  fetch [<options>]
+    Fetch frontend and backend documentation and dump it into \`docs\`.
+    The location of frontend and backend repositories defaults to
+    $FRONTEND_REMOTE_REPO_DEFAULT and $BACKEND_REMOTE_REPO_DEFAULT
+    respectively and can be overriden by \`--frontend-repo\` and \`--backend-repo\`.
+    The branch defaults to \`$BRANCH\` and can be overriden by \`--branch\`.
+
+    If you want to use local copies of the repositories, add \`--local\`
+    to options. Then the location of frontend and backend repositiories
+    will default to $FRONTEND_LOCAL_REPO_DEFAULT and $BACKEND_LOCAL_REPO_DEFAULT respectively and
+    can be overriden by \`--frontend-repo\` and \`--backend-repo\` as well.
+
+  build [<options>]
+   Build the documentation
+
+  all [<options>]
+   Execute all stages
+  "
+else
+	LOCAL=false
+        stage="$1"
+	shift
+	while echo "$1" | grep "^-" > /dev/null; do
+		case "$1" in
+		--local)
+			LOCAL=true
+			shift
+			;;
+		--frontend-repo)
+			FRONTEND_REPO="$2"
+			shift 2
+			;;
+		--backend-repo)
+			BACKEND_REPO="$2"
+			shift 2
+			;;
+		-*)
+			echo "invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+			shift 1
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+	if [ $LOCAL = true ]; then
+	  FRONTEND_REPO="${FRONTEND_REPO:-$FRONTEND_LOCAL_REPO_DEFAULT}"
+	  BACKEND_REPO="${BACKEND_REPO:-$BACKEND_LOCAL_REPO_DEFAULT}"
+	else
+	  FRONTEND_REPO="${FRONTEND_REPO:-$FRONTEND_REMOTE_REPO_DEFAULT}"
+	  BACKEND_REPO="${BACKEND_REPO:-$BACKEND_REMOTE_REPO_DEFAULT}"
+	fi
+	$stage
+fi
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c8dd8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+site_name: Pleroma Documentation
+theme:
+  name: 'material'
+  # Disable google fonts
+  font: false
+  logo: 'images/pleroma_logo_vector_bg_180.png'
+  feature:
+    tabs: true
+  palette:
+    primary: 'black'
+    accent: 'orange'
+
+extra_css:
+  - css/extra.css
+repo_name: 'pleroma'
+repo_url: 'https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma'
+
+extra:
+  repo_icon: gitlab
+
+markdown_extensions:
+  # Note/warning blocks https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/extensions/admonition/
+  - admonition
+  - codehilite:
+      guess_lang: false
+  # Make it possible to link to every header https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/extensions/permalinks/
+  - toc:
+      permalink: true
+  - pymdownx.tasklist:
+      custom_checkbox: true