Comparison

Mintlify vs Starlight

No clear leader: Mintlify (60.6) and Starlight (59.5) 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.

Mintlify full profile →Starlight full profile →

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Mintlify61

Starlight60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Mintlify	Starlight
Vioscale score	61 / 100medium · 73%	60 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	-
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40astrojs%2Fstarlight&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	35
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	9,131
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	845,041
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	38
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	5
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

Mintlify61 / 100medium · 73%

Starlight60 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

Mintlify✓

Starlight–

Model

Mintlifyfreemium

Starlight–

Price level

Mintlifylow

Starlight–

Transparent

Mintlify✓

Starlight–

Integrations

Count

Mintlify10

Starlight4

Security

Disclosure policy

Mintlify✓

Starlight–

Gdpr

Mintlify✓

Starlight–

Soc2

Mintlify✓

Starlight–

Vulnerabilities

Mintlify–

StarlightCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40astrojs%2Fstarlight&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Mintlify✓

Starlight–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Mintlify–

Starlight35

Github stars

Mintlify–

Starlight9,131

Package downloads weekly

Mintlify–

Starlight845,041

Activity

Commits last 30d

Mintlify–

Starlight38

Release

Cadence days

Mintlify–

Starlight5

History

Mintlify–

Starlight20 items

License

Spdx

Mintlify–

StarlightMIT

Language

Primary

Mintlify–

StarlightTypeScript

Market

Availability

MintlifyAvailable worldwide

Starlight–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Documentation Tools
Capability	Mintlify	Starlight
Core
Tool kind	Hosted platform	Static-site generator
Engine / language	web-based	Astro
Authoring
Authoring format	MDX	-
API docs
API reference from OpenAPI / code	✓	-
Content
Multi-version docs	✓	-
Internationalisation	✗	✓
Discovery
Search	Built-in	Built-in
Design
Theming / custom design	✓	✓
Workflow
Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip	✓	-
Deployment
Self-hostable	✓	✓
Official managed host	✓	-
Insight
Built-in usage analytics	✓	-

Core

Tool kind

MintlifyHosted platform

StarlightStatic-site generator

Engine / language

Mintlifyweb-based

StarlightAstro

Authoring

Authoring format

MintlifyMDX

Starlight-

API docs

API reference from OpenAPI / code

Mintlify✓

Starlight-

Content

Multi-version docs

Mintlify✓

Starlight-

Internationalisation

Mintlify✗

Starlight✓

Discovery

MintlifyBuilt-in

StarlightBuilt-in

Design

Theming / custom design

Mintlify✓

Starlight✓

Workflow

Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip

Mintlify✓

Starlight-

Deployment

Self-hostable

Mintlify✓

Starlight✓

Official managed host

Mintlify✓

Starlight-

Insight

Built-in usage analytics

Mintlify✓

Starlight-

What each one is

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

Mintlify

Mintlify is a knowledge management platform that publishes documentation from Git repositories with automatic updates when your code changes. It serves content to both human developers and AI coding agents, with features like API playgrounds, MCP integration, and AI-powered assistance.

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

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Mintlify

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available; Pro and Enterprise pricing custom. Starter free with credits, additional credits at $0.01 each.

StarterFree
- 5 editor seats
- Full platform access
- Custom domain
- Web editor
- Authentication
- +2 more
ProCustom pricing; see sales for details
- Unlimited editor seats
- Everything in Starter
- Agent
- Assistant
- Automations
- +21 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Unlimited editor seats
- Everything in Pro
- SSO, SCIM & RBAC
- Performance SLA
- Advanced insights
- +18 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Starlight

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Mintlify	Starlight
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Mintlify✓

Starlight✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Mintlify✓

Starlight✗

Self-hosted

Mintlify✓

Starlight✓

Integrations

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

Mintlify

10 total

Slack
Discord
Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
OpenAPI
OAuth
JWT
Google
MCP servers
Webhooks
Websockets

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.