Here's one way you might be able to make the case: If you require a web server even locally, then the docs can be installed as a single file (zip archive, SQLit

Here's one way you might be able to make the case: If you require a web server even locally, then the docs can be installed as a single file (zip archive, SQLite database, etc.). This would eliminate the overhead of lots of small files on at least one popular desktop OS, speeding up installation and updates.