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Documentation site generators

Turn Markdown into a searchable documentation site.

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Documentation site generators
ToolStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
Docusaurus67kMITOpen sourceNoTypeScriptv3.10.22026-11-06
docsify32kMITOpen sourceNoJavaScriptv5.1.02026-11-10
Material for MkDocs28kMITOpen sourceNoPython9.8.12026-11-07
MkDocs23kBSD-2-ClauseOpen sourceNoPython1.6.12025-10-20
mdBook22kMPL-2.0Open sourceNoRustv0.5.42026-11-12
VitePress18kMITOpen sourceNoTypeScriptv2.0.0-alpha.212026-11-10
Nextra14kMITOpen sourceNoTypeScriptnextra-theme-docs@4.6.12026-07-31
Fumadocs14kMITOpen sourceNoTypeScript@fumadocs/satteri@0.8.02026-11-12
Starlight9.5kMITOpen sourceNoTypeScript@astrojs/starlight-docsearch@0.8.12026-11-11
Sphinx8.1kOtherOpen sourceNoPythonv9.2.02026-11-09
Zensical6.2kMITOpen sourceNoRustv0.1.12026-11-11
DocFX4.5kMITOpen sourceNoC#v2.81.02026-11-09
Jupyter Book4.3kBSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceNoTypeScriptv2.1.72026-11-04
dumi3.8kMITOpen sourceNoJavaScriptv2.4.572026-11-11
VuePress2.8kMITOpen sourceNoTypeScriptv2.0.0-rc.322026-11-12
Rspress2.4kMITOpen sourceNoTypeScriptv2.1.22026-11-12

16 tools

mdBook

Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust

Language
Rust
Licence
MPL-2.0
Stars
22k
Latest
v0.5.4
Last push
2026-11-12
Zensical

A modern static site generator by the Material for MkDocs team

Language
Rust
Licence
MIT
Stars
6.2k
Latest
v0.1.1
Last push
2026-11-11
DocFX

Static site generator for .NET API documentation.

Language
C#
Licence
MIT
Stars
4.5k
Latest
v2.81.0
Last push
2026-11-09
dumi

📖 Static Site Generator for component library development

Language
JavaScript
Licence
MIT
Stars
3.8k
Latest
v2.4.57
Last push
2026-11-11

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