# Eleventy vs Starlight

| Attribute | Eleventy | Starlight |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.9 (77% (high)) | 62.2 (69% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 48 | 69 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 35 |
| adoption.github_stars | 19,963 | 9,407 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 212,310 | 1,439,772 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Documentation Tools.","source":"https://11ty.dev","question":"What is Eleventy?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Eleventy is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://11ty.dev","question":"Is Eleventy free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Eleventy supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://11ty.dev","question":"What platforms does Eleventy support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Eleventy can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://11ty.dev","question":"Can Eleventy be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for Eleventy, including HTML, Markdown, JavaScript, Liquid, Nunjucks, WebC, Sass and Vue, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://11ty.dev","question":"What does Eleventy integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Eleventy is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/11ty/eleventy","question":"Is Eleventy open source?","confidence":0.99}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Documentation Tools.","source":"https://starlight.astro.build","question":"What is Starlight?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Starlight. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://starlight.astro.build","question":"What platforms does Starlight support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Starlight can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://starlight.astro.build","question":"Can Starlight be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Starlight, including React, Vue, Svelte and Solid. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://starlight.astro.build","question":"What does Starlight integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Starlight is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight","question":"Is Starlight open source?","confidence":0.99}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A JavaScript-based command-line tool that transforms various template formats into static HTML output, offering a flexible alternative to traditional site generators. | A static documentation platform built on Astro with integrated search, multi-language support, code formatting, color theme options, and TypeScript-validated metadata for page organization and discovery. |
| features.capabilities | `{"i18n":false,"kind":"static_generator","engine":"JavaScript","runtime":"node","git_sync":false,"analytics":false,"authoring":"markdown","themeable":true,"versioning":false,"build_model":"fully_static","api_reference":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":false,"incremental_builds":true,"zero_js_by_default":true}` | `{"i18n":true,"kind":"static_generator","engine":"Astro","search":"built_in","themeable":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":true}` |
| integrations.count | 11 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"HTML"},{"name":"Markdown"},{"name":"JavaScript"},{"name":"Liquid"},{"name":"Nunjucks"},{"name":"WebC"},{"name":"Sass"},{"name":"Vue"},{"name":"Svelte"},{"name":"TypeScript"},{"name":"JSX"}]` | `[{"name":"React"},{"name":"Vue"},{"name":"Svelte"},{"name":"Solid"}]` |
| language.primary | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | MIT | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://11ty.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-09-11T19:14:55.934Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://starlight.astro.build","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T09:19:52.028Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 2 | 4 |
| release.history | 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| `[{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.42.6","date":"2026-10-08T18:51:09Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.42.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.42.5","date":"2026-10-01T08:58:14Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.42.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.42.4","date":"2026-09-24T14:59:57Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.42.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.42.3","date":"2026-09-22T16:53:15Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.42.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.42.2","date":"2026-09-18T10:01:56Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.42.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.42.1","date":"2026-09-15T12:20:11Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.42.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.42.0","date":"2026-09-02T11:13:55Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight-docsearch%400.8.0","date":"2026-09-02T11:13:58Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight-docsearch@0.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.11","date":"2026-09-01T16:55:51Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.10","date":"2026-08-28T14:21:37Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.9","date":"2026-08-25T17:23:04Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.8","date":"2026-08-24T16:56:44Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.7","date":"2026-08-05T10:18:34Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.6","date":"2026-07-31T19:55:11Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.5","date":"2026-07-28T07:55:30Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.4","date":"2026-07-22T14:16:32Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.3","date":"2026-07-03T20:20:31Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.2","date":"2026-07-01T11:32:49Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.1","date":"2026-06-25T12:49:53Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs/starlight%400.41.0","date":"2026-06-23T19:21:49Z","type":"stable","version":"@astrojs/starlight@0.41.0"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 7.8 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2F11ty%2Feleventy&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40astrojs%2Fstarlight&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Documentation Tools)

| Capability | Eleventy | Starlight |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool kind | Static-site generator | Static-site generator |
| Engine / language | JavaScript | Astro |
| **Authoring** |  |  |
| Authoring format | Markdown | - |
| **API docs** |  |  |
| API reference from OpenAPI / code | ✓ | - |
| **Content** |  |  |
| Multi-version docs | ✗ | - |
| Internationalisation | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Discovery** |  |  |
| Search | - | Built-in |
| **Design** |  |  |
| Theming / custom design | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Workflow** |  |  |
| Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip | ✗ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | ✓ |
| Official managed host | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Built-in usage analytics | ✗ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:31:22.416Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*