VitePress Alternatives

VitePress is described as 'Simple, powerful, and fast. Meet the modern SSG framework you've always wanted' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to VitePress for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac, Windows and Web-based apps. The best VitePress alternative is GitBook, which is free. Other great apps like VitePress are Docusaurus, Quartz – Static Site Generator, Archivy and Code Hike.

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  1. NextBook icon
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    NextBook is quick and easy way to buid technical books or documentation that support modern standards and run blazingly fast. It's built with MDX and Next.js and works by compiling markdown or MDX down to plain static html.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  2. SkyDocs icon
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    SkyDocs is a software that takes your MarkDown files and build a complete website with some magic tricks !

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  3. MarkBind icon
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    A tool for generating static websites from Markdown-like syntax. Optimized for content-heavy instructional websites, e.g. course websites, tutorials, project/product documentation, textbooks. MarkBind source files can be as simple as basic Markdown, but you can also use a mix of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Node.JS
     
  4. DocFX icon
     5 likes

    DocFX generates Documentation directly from source code (.NET, RESTful API, JavaScript, Java, etc...) and Markdown files.

    36 DocFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. DocPad icon
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    DocPad is a dynamic static-site generator. That is a content management system that takes content from several sources, like files on your computer, and renders them into incredibly fast static output.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Doclets.io icon
     5 likes

    Doclets.io is the missing hosted and automated API-Doc generation service for Javascript. By simplifying API-Doc setup it enables you to actually focus on writing documentation!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Orchid icon
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    Orchid is a general-purpose static site generator with a focus on extensibility, and aimed at developers looking to improve their technical documentation. Orchid was born out of a desire for better-looking Javadocs and frustration with how difficult is it to manage large Jekyll...

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8.  2 likes

    Docpress generates websites from your project's basic documentation; that is, at the very least, a README.md file. It also supports multiple Markdown pages in docs/.

    40 Docpress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  9. Couscous icon
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    Static website generator designed for documentation. Couscous turns Markdown documentation into beautiful websites. It's GitHub Pages on steroids.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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