Comparison

Fumadocs vs Starlight

No clear leader: Starlight (59.5) and Fumadocs (55.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. 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
Fumadocs56
Starlight60
Score
Vioscale score
Fumadocs56 / 100medium · 66%updating
Starlight60 / 100high · 77%updating
Integrations
Count
Fumadocs6
Starlight4
Adoption
Dependent repos
Fumadocs0
Starlight35
Github stars
Fumadocs12,988
Starlight9,131
Package downloads weekly
Fumadocs1,484,879
Starlight845,041
Activity
Commits last 30d
Fumadocs100
Starlight38
Release
Cadence days
Fumadocs
Starlight5
History
Fumadocs20 items
Starlight20 items
License
Spdx
FumadocsMIT
StarlightMIT
Language
Primary
FumadocsTypeScript
StarlightTypeScript

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Fumadocs

A developer-focused documentation framework built on React, supporting Markdown and MDX authoring with customizable themes, OpenAPI integration for API documentation, and component showcase capabilities.

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

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Fumadocs
Starlight
CLI
Fumadocs
Starlight
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Fumadocs
Starlight
Self-hosted
Fumadocs
Starlight

Integrations

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

Fumadocs

10 total
  • OpenAPI
  • AsyncAPI
  • GraphQL
  • Next.js
  • Astro
  • React Router
  • Tanstack Start
  • Waku
  • Algolia Search
  • Orama Search
Independently observed

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.