Comparison

Docsify vs Eleventy

On the evidence we track, Eleventy leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Docsify54
★Eleventy60
Score
vioscaleAI score
Docsify54 / 100high · 79%
Eleventy60 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Docsify✓
Eleventy✓
Model
Eleventyopen_source
Price level
Docsifyfree
Eleventyfree
Transparent
Docsify✓
Eleventy✓
Integrations
Count
Docsify3
Eleventy11
Reliability
Status page
Docsify✓
Eleventy–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Docsify2,469
Eleventy0
Github stars
Docsify31,544
Eleventy19,963
Package downloads weekly
Docsify78,451
Eleventy212,310
Activity
Commits last 30d
Docsify9
Eleventy48
Release
Cadence days
Docsify134
Eleventy2
History
Docsify18 items
Eleventy20 items
License
Spdx
DocsifyMIT
EleventyMIT
Language
Primary
DocsifyJavaScript
EleventyJavaScript
Market
Availability
Docsify–
Content
Faq
Docsify4 items
Eleventy6 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Tool kind
DocsifyStatic-site generator
EleventyStatic-site generator
Engine / language
DocsifyJavaScript
EleventyJavaScript
Authoring
Authoring format
DocsifyMarkdown
EleventyMarkdown
API docs
API reference from OpenAPI / code
Docsify✓
Eleventy✓
Content
Multi-version docs
Docsify✓
Eleventy✗
Internationalisation
Docsify✓
Eleventy✗
Discovery
Search
DocsifyBuilt-in
Eleventy-
Design
Theming / custom design
Docsify✓
Eleventy✓
Workflow
Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
Docsify✓
Eleventy✗
Deployment
Self-hostable
Docsify✓
Eleventy✓
Official managed host
Docsify✓
Eleventy✗
Insight
Built-in usage analytics
Docsify✓
Eleventy✗

What each one is

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

Docsify

An open-source tool that transforms Markdown files into functional documentation websites by rendering content dynamically in the browser, eliminating the need for a build step.

Independently observed

Eleventy

Leader

A JavaScript-based command-line tool that transforms various template formats into static HTML output, offering a flexible alternative to traditional site generators.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Docsify

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Eleventy

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Docsify✓
Eleventy✗
macOS
Docsify✗
Eleventy✓
Windows
Docsify✗
Eleventy✓
CLI
Docsify✓
Eleventy✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Docsify✓
Eleventy✗
Self-hosted
Docsify✓
Eleventy✓

Integrations

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

Docsify

5 total
  • Google Analytics
  • Carbon
  • Prism
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Pages
Independently observed

Eleventy

Leader
11 total
  • HTML
  • Markdown
  • JavaScript
  • Liquid
  • Nunjucks
  • WebC
  • Sass
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • TypeScript
  • JSX
Independently observed
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