Docusaurus
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How Docusaurus is used
Docusaurus is a dependency in 12 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 22 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use Docusaurus Classic Preset (100.0%), clsx (86.4%), MDX (86.4%).
Docusaurus popularity over time
Gid Score 57: downloads 62, use in agent projects 29, GitHub stars 82, downloads trend 54 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Docusaurus
| Docusaurus Classic Preset | 100.0% of Docusaurus projects · 517.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| clsx | 86.4% of Docusaurus projects · 4.4× more than average |
| MDX | 86.4% of Docusaurus projects · 82.5× more than average |
| prism-react-renderer | 81.8% of Docusaurus projects · 175.1× more than average |
| React | 95.5% of Docusaurus projects · 2.9× more than average |
| remark-gfm | 27.3% of Docusaurus projects · 7.5× more than average |
| js-yaml | 27.3% of Docusaurus projects · 12.6× more than average |
| TypeScript | 77.3% of Docusaurus projects |
From all 22 projects in our scan that use Docusaurus, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Docusaurus as a dependency.
How Docusaurus is funded
Open Collective: Docusaurus
| Received, last 12 months | $2,586 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $2,870 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $15,397 |
| Raised since the start | $33,320 · $17,923 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $182 · $182 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +34% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 9 |
Top company backers all time, 9 companies in total
| Temporal Technologies | $5,570 since Jul 2021 |
|---|---|
| Smudge | $3,700 since Feb 2020 |
| intra-mart | $900 since Mar 2023 |
| MFB Technologies | $450 since Feb 2023 |
| ScrapingBee | $380 since Oct 2019 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Jul 2018. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 1 more tool in our catalog: Docusaurus Classic Preset.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
Ways to fund Docusaurus
Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @docusaurus/core |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (20), Other (1), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | phodal/routa, unchain-tech/UNCHAIN-projects, rsksmart/devportal, WTFAcademy/frontend, owncast/owncast.github.io |
Alternatives to Docusaurus
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Markdown, editors and content does the same job as Docusaurus: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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