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VitePress

Fast, lightweight static site generator powered by Vite and Vue

Overview

VitePress is a modern static site generator built by the Vue.js team on top of Vite. It is designed primarily for technical documentation, developer portals, and content-focused websites. VitePress combines Markdown with Vue components, delivers blazing-fast development experience, and generates SEO-friendly static HTML with minimal configuration.

Rendering Modes
SSGSSR
Best For

Technical documentation, Headless CMS documentation, Developer portals, Product landing pages, SEO-focused static websites

License

MIT

Quick Start

npm add -D vitepress

Ensure your project is ESM (e.g., package.json has "type": "module" or use .mjs/.mts for config files). Add docs scripts and run the dev server (typical workflow: docs:dev, docs:build, docs:preview). Build outputs to docs/.vitepress/dist, then deploy as static files.

Key Features

Vite-Powered Framework

Vue-Based

Documentation-Focused

Markdown & Vue Components

SEO-Friendly Output

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Extremely fast build and dev server (Vite)
  • Simple Markdown with Vue component support
  • SEO-friendly static HTML output
  • Easy theme customization
  • Minimal setup and configuration

Cons

  • Not suitable for complex web applications
  • No ISR or full dynamic SSR support
  • Smaller plugin ecosystem compared to Next.js or Nuxt
  • Primarily focused on documentation use cases

Common Use Cases

Documentation SitesProject / OSS DocsContent-Centric WebsitesDesign System DocsKnowledge Bases / GuidesMulti-Page Static Sites

Compatible CMS

Compatible Cloud Servers

Netlify

Netlify

The platform developers love

Cloudflare Pages

JAMstack platform for frontend developers

Vercel

Vercel

The platform for frontend developers

AWS Amplify

AWS Amplify

Build full-stack web and mobile apps

DigitalOcean App Platform Pro

For production applications