Comparison

Antora vs Starlight

No leader: the top candidate Antora has only 0.27 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Antora63
Starlight60
Score
Vioscale score
Antora63 / 100low · 27%
Starlight60 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Model
Starlight
Price level
Antorafree
Starlight
Integrations
Count
Antora
Starlight4
Adoption
Dependent repos
Antora
Starlight35
Github stars
Antora
Starlight9,131
Package downloads weekly
Antora54,714
Starlight845,041
Activity
Commits last 30d
Antora
Starlight38
Release
Cadence days
Antora
Starlight5
History
Antora
Starlight20 items
License
Spdx
AntoraMPL-2.0
StarlightMIT
Language
Primary
Antora
StarlightTypeScript
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for documentation tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool kind
AntoraStatic-site generator
StarlightStatic-site generator
Engine / language
Antora-
StarlightAstro
Authoring
Authoring format
AntoraAsciiDoc
Starlight-
API docs
API reference from OpenAPI / code
Antora-
Starlight-
Content
Multi-version docs
Antora
Starlight-
Internationalisation
Antora-
Starlight
Discovery
Search
Antora-
StarlightBuilt-in
Design
Theming / custom design
Antora
Starlight
Workflow
Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
Antora
Starlight-
Deployment
Self-hostable
Antora
Starlight
Official managed host
Antora-
Starlight-
Insight
Built-in usage analytics
Antora-
Starlight-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Antora

A static site generator that pulls documentation from multiple git repositories to create a unified website. It integrates version management via git branches and allows flexible customization through an open plugin architecture.

Independently observed

Starlight

An open-source documentation platform that provides built-in navigation, search, internationalization, and dark mode. Supports Markdown, Markdoc, and MDX authoring with extensibility via React, Vue, Svelte, and Solid components.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Antora

Open source
as of verify ↗

Starlight

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Antora
Starlight
CLI
Antora
Starlight
Deployment
Self-hosted
Antora
Starlight

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Antora

Not documented yet.

Starlight

4 total
  • React
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • Solid
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.