# VitePress

> Vite & Vue Powered Static Site Generator

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/vitepress
- **Category:** Documentation Tools
- **Homepage:** https://vitepress.dev
- **Also known as:** vitepress
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T16:10:02.706Z

## Vioscale score

**69.1 / 100**, confidence 40% (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 | 80.3 | 5 | 401.6 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 63.1 | 18 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 73.9 | 10 | 738.9 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 13 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 76.1 | 26 | 1978 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-01, [verify at source](https://vitepress.dev). Independently observed._

Open source · Free tier

> Free, MIT Licensed

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Open Source | Free | ✓ | - |

### Open Source

MIT Licensed

## About

VitePress is a static site generator for creating documentation sites from markdown. It offers Vue customization, instant development with hot updates, and optimized static HTML output.

_Independently observed._

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

## Capabilities

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

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Tool kind | Static-site generator |
| **Authoring** | |
| Authoring format | Markdown |
| **Core** | |
| Engine / language | Vite & Vue |
| **API docs** | |
| API reference from OpenAPI / code | - |
| **Content** | |
| Multi-version docs | - |
| **Discovery** | |
| Search | - |
| **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.

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 18,119 | [link](https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 719,740 | [link](https://www.npmjs.com/package/vitepress) | 2026-08-01 | 85% (high) |

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | [link](https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | TypeScript | [link](https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | MIT | [link](https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress) | 2026-08-01 | 99% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://vitepress.dev) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | open_source | [link](https://vitepress.dev) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | free | [link](https://vitepress.dev) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://vitepress.dev) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 47 | [link](https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases) | 2026-08-01 | 70% (medium) |

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