> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.mangrove.exchange/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.mangrove.exchange/dev/protocol/technical-references/literate-source-code.md).

# Literate Source Code

### Open source on GitHub

The Solidity source code for the Mangrove protocol is available [on GitHub](https://github.com/mangrovedao/mangrove-core).

### Literate source code

The Mangrove protocol is commented in the tradition of [literate programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming) where natural language and code is intervowen. Thus, the protocol code itself actually constitutes a very readable and comprehensive technical documentation.

A nicely formatted, single webpage representation of the literate source code can be found [here](https://old.docs.mangrove.exchange/MgvDoc/).


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