vitepress

VitePress generates static sites from Markdown files with near-instant hot reload during development. It's the official successor to VuePress, rebuilt on top of Vite for speed.

Fully free under MIT. Write Markdown, configure a theme, deploy anywhere static sites work (Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages). Built-in search, sidebar navigation, dark mode, and internationalization. Vue components work inside your Markdown if you need interactive examples.

The catch: VitePress is laser-focused on documentation. If you want a blog, portfolio, or general-purpose static site, look at Astro or Hugo. The default theme is clean but opinionated. Heavy customization requires understanding Vue's component system. And if you're not in the Vue ecosystem, there's no particular reason to choose VitePress over Docusaurus (React) or Starlight (Astro).