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Starlight
Starlight builds documentation websites with Astro, combining Markdown, MDX, and Markdoc authoring with navigation, Pagefind search, multilingual support, and customizable styling.
About Starlight
Starlight is an open-source documentation website framework built on Astro. It provides a documentation interface with site navigation, search, code highlighting, dark mode, and configurable presentation.
Authors can use Markdown, MDX, or Markdoc to create documentation. Starlight also supports multilingual websites, including translated routes, fallback content, and right-to-left layouts. Teams can customize branding and extend their documentation using Astro integrations and UI components.
Key Features
- Astro Foundation: Build documentation websites using the Astro framework.
- Multiple Authoring Formats: Write content in Markdown, MDX, or Markdoc.
- Pagefind Search: Include full-text search in the built and deployed documentation website.
- Multilingual Documentation: Configure language-specific routing, fallback content, and right-to-left support.
- Documentation Interface: Provide navigation, code highlighting, typography, and dark mode.
- Branding and Customization: Adjust logos, styles, and components to match project requirements.
Pricing
- Open-Source Software: Free under the MIT license. Starlight is available as open-source software. Hosting and any separately selected services or extensions are outside the core software license.
Use Cases
- Creating documentation websites for software projects
- Publishing multilingual developer documentation
- Building searchable product guides with Astro
- Combining technical content with custom UI components
Pros & Cons
Pros:
- Includes documentation navigation and Pagefind search
- Supports multilingual routing and right-to-left layouts
- Accepts Markdown, MDX, and Markdoc content
Cons:
- Runs within an Astro project and its build workflow
- Default search becomes available after the website is built and deployed
Integrations
Astro, Pagefind, React, Vue, Svelte, Solid
FAQ
What is Starlight?
Starlight is an open-source documentation website framework built on Astro.
Is Starlight free?
Yes. Starlight is released under the MIT license. Hosting and separately selected services are separate.
Does Starlight include documentation search?
Yes. Starlight uses Pagefind for full-text search by default. The website must be built and deployed for the default search workflow.
Can Starlight support multiple languages?
Yes. It supports multilingual routing, fallback content, and right-to-left language layouts.
Last edited
November 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM by Venkatraman Chandrasekaran
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