Fumadocs
A flexible React documentation framework with customizable themes and powerful authoring features
- Also known as
- fumadocs
What is Fumadocs?
A React-based documentation framework supporting Markdown and MDX, featuring customizable themes, a headless architecture for custom UI, OpenAPI integration for API documentation, and compatibility with various content sources.
What Fumadocs does
The capabilities that matter for documentation tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Tool kind
- Static-site generator
- Engine / language
- React
- Authoring format
- MDX
- API reference from OpenAPI / code
- ✓
- Multi-version docs
- -
- Internationalisation
- -
- Search
- Algolia DocSearch
- Theming / custom design
- ✓
- Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
- -
- Self-hostable
- ✓
- Official managed host
- ✗
- Built-in usage analytics
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (13)
Independently observed- OpenAPI
- AsyncAPI
- GraphQL
- Next.js
- Astro
- React Router
- Tanstack Start
- Waku
- Algolia Search
- Orama Search
- content-collections•
- contentlayer•
- Content Collections
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Fumadocs FAQ
Common questions about Fumadocs, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Documentation Tools.
Source: https://fumadocs.dev
What platforms does Fumadocs support?
Fumadocs supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://fumadocs.dev
Can Fumadocs be self-hosted?
Yes. Fumadocs can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://fumadocs.dev
What does Fumadocs integrate with?
We have confirmed 10 integrations for Fumadocs, including OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, Next.js, Astro, React Router, Tanstack Start and Waku, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://fumadocs.dev
Is Fumadocs open source?
Yes. Fumadocs 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.
Fumadocs alternatives
Other documentation tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- DocusaurusA static site generator for building and maintaining documentation websites, particularly for open-source projectshigh · 80%
- Sphinxmedium · 69%
- GitBookDocumentation platform combining AI assistance with automated accuracy checksmedium · 72%
- VitePressDocumentation and site building tool for Vue projectsmedium · 69%
- MintlifyDocumentation platform that automatically updates content for developers and AI agentsmedium · 73%
- Read the DocsHost and automatically build documentation from your source code repositorieslow · 44%
Compare Fumadocs
Side by side against other documentation tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Fumadocs, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package downloads | 82 | 0.17 | 14.2 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.12 | 7.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.08 | 4.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 78 | 0.03 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 29 | 0.05 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 68% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Kind: static_generator · Engine: React · Search: algolia · Authoring: mdx · Themeable: Yes · Api reference: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 9 | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | TypeScript | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 99% |
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| History | 20 items | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 70% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=fumadocs-openapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
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