Documentation site framework built on Astro, fast and accessible by default.
Why we recommend it
Documentation sites need speed and search more than anything else, and this delivers both with almost no configuration.
Strengths
- Excellent performance out of the box
- Built-in search and i18n
- Free and open source
Drawbacks
- Documentation sites only
- Requires some development
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