diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: 2
+
+build:
+  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
+  tools:
+    python: "mambaforge-4.10"
+    nodejs: "18"
+
+sphinx:
+  builder: html
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+conda:
+  environment: docs-environment.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 # litegitpuller
 
-[![Github Actions Status](https://github.com/jupyterlite/litegitpuller/workflows/Build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jupyterlite/litegitpuller/actions/workflows/build.yml)[![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/jupyterlite/litegitpuller/main?urlpath=lab)
+[![Github Actions Status](https://github.com/jupyterlite/litegitpuller/workflows/Build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jupyterlite/litegitpuller/actions/workflows/build.yml)
+
 A jupyterlite extension to automate cloning of a github repository.
 
+## Docs
+
+https://litegitpuller.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
+
 ## Requirements
 
 - JupyterLab >= 3.0
diff --git a/docs-environment.yml b/docs-environment.yml
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+name: litegitpuller-docs
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - pip
+  - jupyterlite-xeus-python >=0.9.0,<0.10.0
+  - pip:
+    - .[docs]
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diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
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+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
+
+project = 'litegitpuller'
+copyright = '2023, Jupyter Development Team'
+author = 'Jupyter Development Team'
+
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
+
+extensions = [
+    'jupyterlite_sphinx',
+    'myst_parser',
+]
+
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+exclude_patterns = []
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
+
+html_theme = 'pydata_sphinx_theme'
+html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+jupyterlite_bind_ipynb_suffix = False
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+# litegitpuller
+
+A Jupyterlab/jupyterlite extension to fetch github repositories.
+
+As for [nbgitpuller](https://github.com/jupyterhub/nbgitpuller), information about the repository to fetch has to be set in the URL.
+
+```{eval-rst}
+.. jupyterlite::
+   :width: 100%
+   :height: 600px
+   :prompt: Try JupyterLite!
+   :prompt_color: #00aa42
+   :search_params: ["branch", "repo", "urlpath"]
+```
+
+## Parameters
+
+The parameters to provide must be formatted as in `nbgitpuller`.\
+They can be generated with [nbgitpuller link generator](https://nbgitpuller.readthedocs.io/en/latest/link.html).
+
+Currently the allowed parameters are:
+
+- `repo`: the github repository to fetch
+- `branch`: the branch of the repository to fetch
+- `urlpath`: the path to a notebook file to open (relative to the root of the repository).
+
+## Limitations
+
+Fetching a repository uses the unauthenticated Github API to fetch each file, with a capacity of 60 files per hour
+see [github API](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api?apiVersion=2022-11-28#rate-limits-for-requests-from-personal-accounts).
+
+Do not expect to fetch a large repository with it.
+
+## Try it
+
+It can be tried with the current documentation, by providing parameters in the current URL of the documentation.
+
+As an example the following URL will reload the current page with some repo parameters:\
+<https://litegitpuller.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html?repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fbrichet%2Ftesting-repo&urlpath=tree%2Ftesting-repo%2Fnotebooks%2Fsimple.ipynb&branch=main>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75be13d..ec3054e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version", "description", "authors", "urls", "keywords"]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+docs = [
+    "jupyterlite-sphinx>=0.9.3",
+    "jupyterlite-xeus-python>=0.9.0,<0.10.0",
+    "myst-parser",
+    "pydata_sphinx_theme",
+    "sphinx>=4"
+]
+
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "nodejs"
 
@@ -71,3 +80,10 @@ before-build-python = ["jlpm clean:all"]
 
 [tool.check-wheel-contents]
 ignore = ["W002"]
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.docs]
+features = ["docs"]
+[tool.hatch.envs.docs.scripts]
+build = "sphinx-build -W -b html docs docs/_build/html"
+watch = "sphinx-autobuild -W -b html docs docs/_build/html --host 0.0.0.0"
+serve = "python -m http.server --directory docs/_build/html"