The Pilot Theme
Pilot is a lightweight, flexible theme designed to turn Typemill into a self-hosted knowledge base or help center for small enterprises. With a unique "stage" feature configurable both globally and individually for each page, Pilot gives you the freedom to get creative while maintaining a consistent look and feel.
Pilot is available with a MAKER license. Explore the demo-installation under https://pilot.typemill.net.
Features
Pilot helps you create a visually appealing, user-friendly, self-hosted knowledge base for your business. Key features include:
- Responsive Navigation: A flyout navigation supports nested structures and optional breadcrumbs.
- Customizable Article Stage: Configure background colors, fonts, descriptions, images, and more globally or per article.
- Configurable Toolbar: Add a search bar, print button, or other tools below the article stage.
- Search Options: Built-in navigation search or advanced full-text search via the bettersearch plugin.
- Content Navigation: Right-side panel for quick article exploration.
- "Read Next" Teasers: Guide readers to the next topic seamlessly.
- Dynamic Folder Listings: Auto-generate nested folder and page links.
- Customizable Footer: Display relevant links or information.
- Dynamic Homepage: Showcase key content with customizable sections and a full-size stage.
- Blog/News: Define sections as blog sections and list articles by date.
- Glossary View: Display terms and definitions interactively.
- FAQ Integration: Easily create FAQs using the html plugin.

Knowledge Base Bundle
For a quick start, you can also download the Knowledge Base Bundle. The bundle provides everything you need to build a professional, user-friendly knowledge base with Typemill. It includes the Pilot and Guide themes, along with plugins like Bettersearch for full-text search, HTML for custom structures (e.g., FAQs), and Template for reusable designs. Additional tools include revision tracking, eBook generation, analytics integration, and support for charts with Mermaid syntax. Some of these plugins require a MAKER or BUSINESS license.