MkDocs
Fast and simple project documentation site generator built with Markdown.
Dev workflow and config PyPI BSD
How MkDocs is used
MkDocs is a dependency in 15 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 42 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use Material for MkDocs (88.1%), pytest (69.0%), PyYAML (61.9%).
MkDocs popularity over time
Gid Score 60: downloads 76, use in agent projects 38, GitHub stars 64, downloads trend 54 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with MkDocs
| Material for MkDocs | 88.1% of MkDocs projects · 303.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| pytest | 69.0% of MkDocs projects · 16.8× more than average |
| PyYAML | 61.9% of MkDocs projects · 10.4× more than average |
| Requests | 61.9% of MkDocs projects · 9.1× more than average |
| NumPy | 61.9% of MkDocs projects · 10.6× more than average |
| Click | 59.5% of MkDocs projects · 23.8× more than average |
| Pydantic | 57.1% of MkDocs projects · 6.6× more than average |
| Jinja2 | 54.8% of MkDocs projects · 25.2× more than average |
From all 42 projects in our scan that use MkDocs, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list MkDocs as a dependency.
How MkDocs is funded
Open Collective: MkDocs
| Received, last 12 months | $0 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $0 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $3,536 |
| Raised since the start | $10,043 · $6,507 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 · $0 over 24 months |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 0 |
Aug 2023Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Aug 2023. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
Open Collective lists mkdocs/mkdocs as this collective's repository.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @mkdocs | 4 current sponsors |
|---|
GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay.
Ways to fund MkDocs
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install mkdocs |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (41), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | apconw/Aix-DB, AgnetLabs/Laddr, salacoste/mcp-n8n-workflow-builder, camel-ai/seta, vienneraphael/batchling |
Alternatives to MkDocs
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Dev workflow and config does the same job as MkDocs: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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