VitePress
Static site generator combining Vite and Vue for fast documentation sites.
Web frameworks npm MIT
Used in agent projects
21
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in web frameworks
#26 of 26
by use in those projects
Downloads
1.3M
npm, last 7 days, vitepress
GitHub stars
18.4K
last push Oct 5, 2026
How VitePress is used
VitePress is a dependency in 21 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #26 of 26 in web frameworks. The most used alternative there is React. Projects that use it most often also use Vitest (38.1%), jsdom (28.6%), Vue (28.6%).
Often used with VitePress
| Vitest | 38.1% of VitePress projects · 3.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| jsdom | 28.6% of VitePress projects · 5.3× more than average |
| Vue | 28.6% of VitePress projects · 17.3× more than average |
| Mermaid | 19.0% of VitePress projects · 37.2× more than average |
| Sass | 19.0% of VitePress projects · 10.4× more than average |
| Prettier | 33.3% of VitePress projects · 1.9× more than average |
| ws | 14.3% of VitePress projects · 6.3× more than average |
| Husky | 19.0% of VitePress projects · 3.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list VitePress as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install vitepress |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (13), Python (3), Next.js (2), PHP (1) |
| Example projects | floydspace/effect-aws, christopherkarani/Conduit, BoltzExchange/boltz-web-app, steve228uk/metro-mcp, cjlawson02/ntcore-ts |
Alternatives to VitePress
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| React npm JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces with components. |
5,510 (43.4%) | 186M | 251K | MIT |
| Next.js npm React framework for production with server-side rendering and static generation. |
2,861 (22.5%) | 66.2M | 143K | MIT |
| next-themes npm Abstraction for managing themes (dark/light mode) in Next.js apps. |
1,116 (8.8%) | 26.9M | 6,333 | MIT |
| React Router npm Declarative routing library for building single-page React applications. |
972 (7.7%) | 44.8M | 56.6K | MIT |
| Vue npm Progressive JavaScript framework for building interactive user interfaces. |
210 (1.7%) | 17.1M | 54.6K | MIT |
| Astro npm Modern static site builder with partial hydration and zero JavaScript by default. |
133 (1.0%) | 7.1M | 63.1K | MIT |
| React Native Web npm React Native APIs and components for web allowing code sharing between web and mobile. |
121 (1.0%) | 7.2M | 22.1K | MIT |
| Angular npm Full-featured web framework with TypeScript, dependency injection and RxJS. |
104 (0.8%) | 5.9M | 101K | MIT |