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Antora vs MkDocs

Antora

antora.org

MkDocs

mkdocs.org

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FigureAntoraMkDocs
Price from$1,166.67/mo—
Free plan——
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published20
Spec score · Documentation Generators8.2 (#5)7.6 (#17)
Spec score · Technical Documentation Software8.2 (#11)7.4 (#29)
Spec score · Developer Documentation Software8.2 (#10)7.5 (#18)
Spec score · Technical Writing Platforms8.2 (#11)7.5 (#23)
Spec score · Knowledge base software7.7 (#99)7.4 (#116)
Custom domainYesYes
IntegrationsThe documentation describes GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and other code hosting services as platforms for Git-based documentation workflows.MkDocs documentation can be deployed to GitHub Pages and hosted on Amazon S3.
LicenseThe Antora GitLab project states that it is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.MkDocs is distributed under the BSD license, which permits redistribution and use in source and binary forms subject to its conditions.
PurposeAntora is a documentation site generator for technical writers working in AsciiDoc.MkDocs is a static site generator geared toward building project documentation from Markdown and a single YAML configuration file.
SupportOpenDevise offers paid Pro and Premier support packages covering Antora configuration and deployment, Asciidoctor extensions, and AsciiDoc syntax.The project directs users to GitHub Discussions and GitHub Issues for help.

Plans

Antora

  • Pro Support$14,000 a year
  • Premier Support$30,000 a year

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MkDocs

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Antora

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MkDocs

MkDocs is a static site generator for project documentation written in Markdown, with project settings held in a YAML file. It produces static HTML that can be published to GitHub Pages, Amazon S3, or another static-file host. Its development server provides a local preview and refreshes it when documentation changes; generated sites also include search that can link to matching sections. The command-line tools cover creating a project, serving a preview, building the site, checking dependencies, and deploying to GitHub Pages. MkDocs uses Python-Markdown and requires a recent Python version and pip. The built-in mkdocs and readthedocs themes are available alongside third-party and custom themes, while plugins, Markdown extensions, and configuration options allow further changes. The built-in mkdocs theme supports several locales, including English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Chinese. MkDocs is free, available for Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted use, and distributed under the BSD license. Third-party themes and plugins run their authors’ code without sandboxing.

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