Pagefind
Static search for any static website, built at deploy time.
Markdown, editors and content npm MIT
How Pagefind is used
Pagefind joined the catalog on its public numbers (1,424,831 downloads a week on npm and 5,519 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 14 public GitHub projects of our scan, 9 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Astro (71.4%), Sharp (57.1%), Tailwind CSS (78.6%).
Pagefind popularity over time
Gid Score 49: downloads 67, use in agent projects 22, GitHub stars 40, downloads trend 68 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Pagefind
| Astro | 71.4% of Pagefind projects · 38.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Sharp | 57.1% of Pagefind projects · 12.1× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 78.6% of Pagefind projects · 2.4× more than average |
| Astro Icon | 42.9% of Pagefind projects · 221.7× more than average |
| Resvg-JS | 35.7% of Pagefind projects · 116.7× more than average |
| remark-gfm | 28.6% of Pagefind projects · 7.8× more than average |
| Wrangler | 28.6% of Pagefind projects · 10.5× more than average |
| unified | 28.6% of Pagefind projects · 55.4× more than average |
Install
| Package | npm install pagefind |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (11), Next.js (2), Python (1) |
| Example projects | openclaw/docs, zbzailabs/Polyglow |
Alternatives to Pagefind
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Markdown, editors and content does the same job as Pagefind: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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