diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# smartmultiprocessing
-Memory-managed parallel computing for medium-sized computational tasks.
+# SmartMultiprocessing
+A drop-in replacement for Python's `multiprocessing` library with many extra features, including: memory management, smart task scheduling, a pause button, a GUI, and more.
+
+`SmartMultiprocessing` is ideal for use cases beyond typical `multiprocessing` use, like:
+
+- Running code where memory usage is different depending on input values
+- Benchmarking experimental code where memory usage is not well understood
+- Running code on a machine where it's important to be able to pause execution/change thread and memory use on the fly
+- Being able to monitor the performance of code without having to write your own monitoring library from scratch
+
+
+## SmartMultiprocessing is in active development!
+
+This project is a spin-out from code that [@emilyhunt](https://github.com/emilyhunt) wrote during her PhD. It's currently in alpha / active development - check back here soon for the first production-ready versions!
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+# Welcome to MkDocs
+
+For full documentation visit [mkdocs.org](https://www.mkdocs.org).
+
+## Commands
+
+* `mkdocs new [dir-name]` - Create a new project.
+* `mkdocs serve` - Start the live-reloading docs server.
+* `mkdocs build` - Build the documentation site.
+* `mkdocs -h` - Print help message and exit.
+
+## Project layout
+
+    mkdocs.yml    # The configuration file.
+    docs/
+        index.md  # The documentation homepage.
+        ...       # Other markdown pages, images and other files.
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
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+site_name: SmartMultiprocessing
+site_url: https://smartmultiprocessing.org
+site_author: Emily Hunt
+site_description: >-
+  A drop-in replacement for Python's `multiprocessing` library with many extra features, 
+  including: memory management, smart task scheduling, a pause button, a GUI, and more.
+
+repo_url: https://github.com/emilyhunt/smartmultiprocessing
+repo_name: smartmultiprocessing
+
+theme:
+    name: material
+    features:
+          - navigation.sections  # Sections are included in the navigation on the left.
+          - toc.integrate  # Table of contents is integrated on the left; does not appear separately on the right.
+          - header.autohide  # header disappears as you scroll
+    palette:
+        # Light mode / dark mode
+        # We deliberately don't automatically use `media` to check a user's preferences. We default to light mode as
+        # (a) it looks more professional, and (b) is more obvious about the fact that it offers a (dark mode) toggle.
+        - scheme: default
+          primary: white
+          accent: amber
+          toggle:
+            icon: material/weather-night
+            name: Switch to dark mode
+        - scheme: slate
+          primary: black
+          accent: amber
+          toggle:
+            icon: material/weather-sunny
+            name: Switch to light mode
+    icon:
+        repo: fontawesome/brands/github  # GitHub logo in top right
+        logo: "material/circle-opacity"  # Equinox logo in top left
+    favicon: "_static/favicon.png"
+
+markdown_extensions:
+    - pymdownx.arithmatex:  # Render LaTeX via MathJax
+        generic: true
+    - pymdownx.superfences  # Seems to enable syntax highlighting when used with the Material theme.
+    - pymdownx.details  # Allowing hidden expandable regions denoted by ???
+    - pymdownx.snippets:  # Include one Markdown file into another
+        base_path: docs
+    - admonition
+    - toc:
+        permalink: "¤"  # Adds a clickable permalink to each section heading
+        toc_depth: 4
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["check-manifest", "pytest"]
+dev = ["check-manifest", "pytest", "mkdocs-material", "mkdocstrings[python]"]
 test = ["pytest"]
 
 [project.urls]  # Optional