Comparison

Eleventy vs Starlight

On the evidence we track, Starlight 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Eleventy54
Starlight60
Score
Vioscale score
Eleventy54 / 100high · 79%updating
Starlight60 / 100high · 77%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Eleventy
Starlight
Model
Eleventyopen_source
Starlight
Price level
Eleventyfree
Starlight
Transparent
Eleventy
Starlight
Integrations
Count
Eleventy11
Starlight4
Adoption
Dependent repos
Eleventy0
Starlight35
Github stars
Eleventy19,861
Starlight9,131
Package downloads weekly
Eleventy201,177
Starlight845,041
Activity
Commits last 30d
Eleventy9
Starlight38
Release
Cadence days
Eleventy2
Starlight5
History
Eleventy20 items
Starlight20 items
License
Spdx
EleventyMIT
StarlightMIT
Language
Primary
EleventyJavaScript
StarlightTypeScript
Market
Availability
Starlight

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Eleventy

Eleventy is a static site generator that lets you author content in standard formats like Markdown and choose from various template languages without vendor lock-in. It emphasizes simplicity and flexible gradual migration between versions.

Independently observed

Starlight

Leader

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.

Eleventy

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Starlight

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Vue
  • Svelte

Eleventy

11 total - 9 not shared
  • HTML
  • Markdown
  • JavaScript
  • Liquid
  • Nunjucks
  • WebC
  • Sass
  • TypeScript
  • JSX
Independently observed

Starlight

Leader
4 total - 2 not shared
  • React
  • Solid
Independently observed

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