VitePress

VitePress is a Vue-powered static site generator and successor to VuePress, built on top of the Vite build tool.

It provides a Markdown-first workflow with Vue components, fast development updates through Vite's module system, automatic routing and sidebar generation, support for TypeScript and JSX in Markdown, built-in search indexing, a theming system, and static HTML output with minimal client-side JavaScript.

According to our data, VitePress ranks 13th among the static site generators we track.
It has 0.9% of the static site generator market share and is detected on 0.007% of all websites.

It is especially popular in China, appearing on 0.05% of all websites in the country.

Statistics based on 4M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

VitePress is available for free.

Free ✔️ Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

⚡ Sites Built With VitePress

We have data on 282 websites that use the VitePress static site generator. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using VitePress is vite.dev.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 vite.dev #6,213 American English
2 lucide.dev #16,506 United States American English
3 fmhy.net #32,146 American English
4 mermaid.js.org #45,971 American English
5 hacks.guide #79,343 English
6 element-plus.org #80,197 China American English
7 vuejs.org #83,539 United States American English
8 mihon.app #88,564 American English
9 dserec.com #97,350 United States American English
10 allurereport.org #134,298 English
11 nginxproxymanager.com #154,594 American English
12 docs.themeisle.com Romania American English
13 elysiajs.com #175,727 American English
14 intlify.dev #184,177 English
15 hestiacp.com #184,404 American English
16 petfbi.org #210,714 United States American English
17 visnalize.com #224,661 Vietnam American English
18 mavlink.io #224,752 Switzerland American English
19 kernelsu.org #243,711 American English
20 thehacker.recipes #262,589 American English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use VitePress:

Most of the sites using VitePress are from China, the United States, and Germany.

  • China 31.4%
  • United States 24.8%
  • Germany 7.3%
  • Japan 4.4%
  • United Kingdom 3.6%
  • Canada 2.9%
  • Russia 2.2%
  • Serbia 2.2%
  • Vietnam 2.2%
  • Other 19%

Most VitePress users speak English or Chinese.

  • English 84.8%
  • Chinese 12.1%
  • Russian 1.1%
  • Japanese 1.1%
  • German 0.7%
  • Spanish 0.4%

The VitePress static site generator is especially popular on .com, .org, and .io top-level domains.

  • .com 31.9%
  • .org 18.8%
  • .io 9.6%
  • .dev 8.5%
  • .net 4.3%
  • .cn 3.5%
  • .app 3.5%
  • .xyz 1.4%
  • .de 1.1%
  • Other 17.4%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing VitePress include software and hardware, technical information, and Internet services.

  • Software/Hardware 23.4%
  • Technical Information 14.9%
  • Internet Services 10.6%
  • Technical/Business Forums 10.6%
  • Business 8.5%
  • Games 6.4%
  • Blogs/Wiki 6.4%
  • Education/Reference 4.3%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4.3%
  • Other 10.6%

🔢 VitePress Versions

The most widespread version of VitePress is 1.6, used by 55.2% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 20.2% of sites use VitePress 2.0, and 7.1% use VitePress 1.5.

  • 1.6 55.2%
  • 2.0 20.2%
  • 1.5 7.1%
  • 1.0 6%
  • 1.2 4.8%
  • 1.3 3.6%
  • 1.4 2%
  • 1.1 1.2%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best VitePress alternatives.

RankName
1
Astro

A web build tool optimized for creating fast, content-driven websites using server-rendered HTML and an Islands architecture for partial hydration.

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10
Eleventy
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

A high-performance, production-ready, open-source static site generator written in JavaScript.

FreeOpen source
16
VuePress

A static site generator based on Vue and Markdown for building documentation and content-focused websites.

FreeOpen source
19
Gridsome

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33
TypeDoc
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Is VitePress free?

Yes, it is a free static site generator.
It is also open source, and its code is available on GitHub.

Which country uses VitePress the most?

The majority of VitePress users are from China.

Who uses VitePress?

According to our data, VitePress is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as vite.dev, lucide.dev, and fmhy.net.

How does VitePress stack up against the competition?

VitePress is a moderately popular static site generator, ranking ahead of 25 other static site generators we track.

What are the alternatives to VitePress?

Alternatives and possible competitors to VitePress may include VuePress, Eleventy, and Astro.

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