VitePress is a static site generator built on Vue, Vite, and Markdown, optimized for writing technical documentation. It offers blazing-fast performance fueled by Vite, simple and powerful Markdown extensions, and customizable theming capabilities. VitePress enables you to create clean, SEO-friendly websites that are a joy to build and navigate, ideal for documenting software, libraries, or any topic requiring well-structured content. Its focus on Vue and Markdown simplifies content creation and enhances user experience.
Vitepress releases were frequent from 2020 to early 2022, peaking in early 2021. Releases then significantly slowed until early 2024 with the 1.0.0 version. After version 1.0.0, releases remained more consistent, though less frequent, then slowed down again in 2025. The last release in the dataset was August 2025, version 1.6.4.
Vitepress npm package downloads show significant growth from March 2024 (251k) to June 2025 (1.4M). However, downloads decreased in July and August 2025. September 2025 only has partial data, showing a decreased amount of 483k downloads.
