nextra VS MkDocs

Compare nextra vs MkDocs and see what are their differences.

nextra

Simple, powerful and flexible site generation framework with everything you love from Next.js. (by shuding)

MkDocs

Project documentation with Markdown. (by mkdocs)
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nextra MkDocs
39 111
10,185 18,123
- 1.8%
9.2 9.0
7 days ago 3 days ago
TypeScript Python
MIT License BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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nextra

Posts with mentions or reviews of nextra. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-04.
  • Million 3.0: All You Need To Know
    2 projects | dev.to | 4 Feb 2024
    However, this may just be due to the lack of proper documentation from the Nextra side of things (shoutout to Nextra though, regardless).
  • React Ecosystem in 2024
    22 projects | dev.to | 16 Oct 2023
    Nextra - Nextra is another option for creating documentation sites. While it might not be as well-known as Docusaurus, Nextra offers a modern and minimalist approach to building documentation. It is designed to be lightweight and user-friendly, making it a good choice for those who prefer a simple and clean documentation style. You can explore more about Nextra on their official website.
  • Create Docs like vercel's
    2 projects | /r/nextjs | 7 Jul 2023
    I have looked at https://nextra.site/ but that doesn't work with the app router yet. So I'm wondering if there's another alternative.
  • MdBook – Create book from Markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust
    30 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jun 2023
  • Advice on building a blog with Next.js
    2 projects | /r/nextjs | 26 Jun 2023
    You could also have a look at Nextra. You can use mdx components to build your blog (including support for server-side fetching). I'm currently using their documentation template, but it seems they also have a blog template.
  • What do you use to write documentation for users?
    2 projects | /r/dotnet | 18 Jun 2023
    We write everything in Markdown, as it's the closest you'll get to a 'universal' format. Then, we use a static site generator to turn the docs into a website. Current projects are using Nextra for this. If you ever need to change site generators, you still have all the markdown docs and image files, so it's pretty easy to change.
  • Should i use NextJS for a blog site or just use some platform like Wix?
    3 projects | /r/nextjs | 18 Jun 2023
    https://nextra.site/ is nice
  • Headless Flat File CMS/ Markdown Editor for Next.js?
    2 projects | /r/nextjs | 21 Apr 2023
  • WebContainer API
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Feb 2023
    It looks like they're loading in MDX (Markdown) for a lot of the pages

    There are quite a few "static-site generator" templates that are easy to setup and customize and many of them are free to use! If I had to guess, I think they're using VitePress [1] here. Nextra [2] is also good for this kind of a website.

    [1] https://vitepress.vuejs.org/

    [2] https://nextra.site/

  • Nextra 2 – Next.js Static Site Generator
    5 projects | dev.to | 23 Jan 2023
    ### Support Next.js 13 Nextra 2 comes with support for the latest **Next.js 13** version and also up to Next.js 9! ### Images and Links Optimization Static images are always optimized with `` component, internal links are replaced with `` component, external links will have `target="_blank"` and `rel="noreferrer"` and will inform screen readers about opening a link in a new tab. `` will prevent to have layout shifts on your page. Instantiate (client-side) navigation would be done with ``. ```text filename="Markdown" ![Hero](/hero.png) [Learn more](/more) [See examples](https://github.com/shuding/nextra/tree/main/examples)

MkDocs

Posts with mentions or reviews of MkDocs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-25.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nextra and MkDocs you can also consider the following projects:

sphinx - The Sphinx documentation generator

Docusaurus - Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.

pdoc - API Documentation for Python Projects

DocFX - Static site generator for .NET API documentation.

Hugo - The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

BookStack - A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & Laravel

Read the Docs - The source code that powers readthedocs.org

mdBook - Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust

Wiki.js - Wiki.js | A modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js

VuePress - 📝 Minimalistic Vue-powered static site generator

mkdocs-material - Documentation that simply works