withastro/starlight

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9131 stars · 1031 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Starlight is a full-featured documentation website framework built on top of the Astro web framework. It provides built-in site navigation, search, internationalization, SEO, code highlighting, and dark mode, with content written in Markdown, MDX, or Markdoc.

Use cases

• build a documentation website for an open-source project
• create a docs site with full-text search and i18n
• generate a static documentation site from markdown files
• set up a fast, accessible docs site with dark mode and SEO
• add a documentation section to an existing Astro project
• write docs in MDX with type-safe frontmatter validation

When to choose

• you want a batteries-included docs site with navigation, search, and i18n out of the box
• you are already using Astro or want its performance for a content-driven site
• you want to write content in Markdown, MDX, or Markdoc with minimal configuration
• you need to extend docs UI with React, Vue, Svelte, or Solid components

When to avoid

• you need a dynamic web application rather than a content-driven documentation site
• you are not in the JavaScript/Astro ecosystem and prefer tools like Sphinx, MkDocs, or Docusaurus in another stack
• you need a wiki-style site with user-editable pages rather than a static build

Facets

framework · maturity stable

static-site-generator documentation search-engine internationalization markdown templating documentation web-development frontend cross-platform astro docs-site mdx markdoc theme seo dark-mode accessibility nodejs web-server

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