# Starlight

> Everything you need to build a stellar documentation website

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/starlight
- **Category:** Documentation Tools
- **Homepage:** https://starlight.astro.build
- **Also known as:** starlight
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T22:51:43.921Z

## Vioscale score

**64.9 / 100**, confidence 49% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| capabilities | 57.8 | 16 | 925 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 74.6 | 5 | 373 | ✓ |
| integrations | 20.1 | 8 | 160.8 | ✓ |
| github_activity | 54.5 | 18 | 981.7 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 98.3 | 10 | 983.3 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 13 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 75.6 | 26 | 1965.6 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |

## About

A documentation site builder powered by Astro that includes site navigation, search, internationalization, SEO, typography, code highlighting, and dark mode.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment
- **Deployment:** Self-hosted

## Integrations (4)

_Independently observed._

- React
- Vue
- Svelte
- Solid

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Documentation Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

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

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 53 | [link](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pulse) | 2026-08-03 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 8,998 | [link](https://github.com/withastro/starlight) | 2026-08-03 | 90% (high) |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 661,381 | [link](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@astrojs/starlight) | 2026-08-03 | 85% (high) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 4 | [link](https://starlight.astro.build) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | TypeScript | [link](https://github.com/withastro/starlight) | 2026-08-03 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | MIT | [link](https://github.com/withastro/starlight) | 2026-08-03 | 99% (high) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 3 | [link](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases) | 2026-08-03 | 70% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/starlight). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*