Comparison

Eleventy vs VitePress

On the evidence we track, VitePress 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
VitePress60
Score
Vioscale score
Eleventy54 / 100high · 79%
VitePress60 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Eleventy
VitePress
Model
Eleventyopen_source
VitePressopen_source
Price level
Eleventyfree
VitePressfree
Transparent
Eleventy
VitePress
Integrations
Count
Eleventy11
VitePress
Adoption
Dependent repos
Eleventy0
VitePress2
Github stars
Eleventy19,861
VitePress18,245
Package downloads weekly
Eleventy201,177
VitePress1,043,743
Activity
Commits last 30d
Eleventy9
VitePress100
Release
Cadence days
Eleventy2
VitePress15
History
Eleventy20 items
VitePress20 items
License
Spdx
EleventyMIT
VitePressMIT
Language
Primary
EleventyJavaScript
VitePressTypeScript
Market
Availability
VitePress

Capabilities

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

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

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

VitePress

Leader

A documentation site generator that transforms markdown files into fast static websites. Powered by Vite and Vue, it enables developers to embed Vue components directly in markdown and build custom themes.

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 ↗

VitePress

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Free, MIT Licensed

  • Open SourceFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Eleventy
VitePress
CLI
Eleventy
VitePress
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Eleventy
VitePress
Self-hosted
Eleventy
VitePress

Integrations

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

Eleventy

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

VitePress

Leader

Not documented yet.

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

Eleventy vs VitePress: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale