# Jekyll vs Starlight

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Starlight

| Attribute | Jekyll | Starlight |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 54.2 (48% (low)) | 62.2 (69% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 7 | 69 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 490,112 | 35 |
| adoption.github_stars | 51,713 | 9,407 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 1,439,772 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A Ruby-based command-line tool that transforms Markdown, Liquid, and HTML into static websites ready for deployment. Designed specifically for blogs and content-focused sites, it integrates seamlessly with GitHub Pages for free hosting. It is indexed under Documentation Tools.","source":"https://jekyllrb.com","question":"What is Jekyll?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Jekyll 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://jekyllrb.com","question":"Is Jekyll free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Jekyll supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://jekyllrb.com","question":"What platforms does Jekyll support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Jekyll can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://jekyllrb.com","question":"Can Jekyll be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Jekyll, including GitHub Pages, GitHub Actions and Jekyll plugins ecosystem. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://jekyllrb.com","question":"What does Jekyll integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Jekyll 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/jekyll/jekyll","question":"Is Jekyll open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"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 | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Jekyll is a command-line tool that compiles Markdown and Liquid templates into static websites without requiring a database or server-side processing. It powers GitHub Pages and can be deployed to any standard web server like Apache or Nginx. | 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":"Ruby","search":"none","runtime":"ruby","git_sync":true,"analytics":false,"authoring":"markdown","themeable":true,"versioning":false,"build_model":"fully_static","api_reference":false,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":true}` | `{"i18n":true,"kind":"static_generator","engine":"Astro","search":"built_in","themeable":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub Pages"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Jekyll plugins ecosystem"}]` | `[{"name":"React"},{"name":"Vue"},{"name":"Svelte"},{"name":"Solid"}]` |
| language.primary | Ruby | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | MIT | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://jekyllrb.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:19:48.968Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://starlight.astro.build","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T09:19:52.028Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 86 | 4 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.4.1","date":"2025-01-29T12:47:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.4.0","date":"2025-01-27T15:28:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.3.4","date":"2024-09-16T16:24:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v3.9.4","date":"2023-12-28T22:51:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.3.3","date":"2023-12-27T19:20:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v3.9.3","date":"2023-01-30T02:39:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.3.2","date":"2023-01-20T18:13:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.3.1","date":"2022-10-26T17:57:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.3.0","date":"2022-10-20T16:05:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v3.9.2","date":"2022-03-28T10:26:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.2.2","date":"2022-03-03T11:01:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.2.1","date":"2021-09-27T11:26:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v3.9.1","date":"2021-04-08T15:39:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.2.0","date":"2020-12-14T12:32:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v3.9.0","date":"2020-08-05T18:48:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.1.1","date":"2020-06-24T16:58:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.1.0","date":"2020-05-27T13:41:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.0.1","date":"2020-05-08T15:24:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v3.8.7","date":"2020-05-08T15:21:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.8.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/releases/tag/v4.0.0","date":"2019-08-20T14:48:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.0"}]` | `[{"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.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 6.2 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=jekyll&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"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 | Jekyll | Starlight |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool kind | Static-site generator | Static-site generator |
| Engine / language | Ruby | Astro |
| **Authoring** |  |  |
| Authoring format | Markdown | - |
| **API docs** |  |  |
| API reference from OpenAPI / code | ✗ | - |
| **Content** |  |  |
| Multi-version docs | ✗ | - |
| Internationalisation | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Discovery** |  |  |
| Search | None | 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 2026-10-16T02:35:59.095Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*