# Antora vs MkDocs

| Attribute | Antora | MkDocs |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.3 (27% (low)) | 55 (68% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 22,380 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 54,714 | 3,992,344 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A static site generator that pulls documentation from multiple git repositories to create a unified website. It integrates version management via git branches and allows flexible customization through an open plugin architecture. | A documentation platform that converts Markdown files into static HTML websites. It offers built-in themes, plugin support for extensions, and YAML-based configuration for easy customization. |
| features.capabilities | `{"kind":"static_generator","git_sync":true,"authoring":"asciidoc","themeable":true,"versioning":true,"self_hostable":true}` | `{"i18n":true,"kind":"static_generator","engine":"Python","authoring":"markdown","themeable":true,"api_reference":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":false}` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | MPL-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://antora.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:21:32.525Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://www.mkdocs.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:21:13.062Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | - | 77 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.6.1","date":"2024-08-30T12:23:09Z","type":"stable","version":"1.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.6.0","date":"2024-04-20T17:55:01Z","type":"stable","version":"1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.5.3","date":"2023-09-18T21:27:59Z","type":"stable","version":"1.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.5.2","date":"2023-08-02T14:54:19Z","type":"stable","version":"1.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.5.1","date":"2023-07-27T22:44:51Z","type":"stable","version":"1.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.5.0","date":"2023-07-26T20:39:53Z","type":"stable","version":"1.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.4.3","date":"2023-05-02T21:19:16Z","type":"stable","version":"1.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.4.2","date":"2022-11-01T18:34:14Z","type":"stable","version":"1.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.4.1","date":"2022-10-15T19:19:40Z","type":"stable","version":"1.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.4.0","date":"2022-09-27T17:38:06Z","type":"stable","version":"1.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.3.1","date":"2022-07-19T07:28:26Z","type":"stable","version":"1.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.3.0","date":"2022-03-26T19:55:09Z","type":"stable","version":"1.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.2.4","date":"2022-03-26T19:39:40Z","type":"stable","version":"1.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.2.3","date":"2021-10-12T21:59:03Z","type":"stable","version":"1.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases/tag/1.2.2","date":"2021-07-18T19:32:00Z","type":"stable","version":"1.2.2"}]` |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.1 |

## Capabilities (Documentation Tools)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:44:53.837Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*