Verdicts
Every verdict names a pick, an alternative and when it wins, what to avoid, the traps at the version tested, and who verified it. Nothing here is served past its recheck date without a flag.
Fumadocs 16.15.8 if the docs live inside an existing Next.js app, because it is Next.js components rather than a separate site and you share the layout, the fonts, and the deploy. Starlight 0.42.0 if the docs are their own site: Astro ships almost no JS, and i18n, search, and the sidebar are configuration. Docusaurus 3.10.2 is the safe institutional choice with the deepest plugin and versioning story.
compare · verified 2026-09-08 · recheck 2027-01-06For plain API reference, Context7 still has the widest index (9,000+ libraries) but scores 16.8% overall on the DevDex benchmark (46.6% docs, 0.8% repos, 2.9% issue-to-fix) and cut its free tier to 1,000 calls a month in January 2026. Firecrawl's developer index (63.1%) and Mintlify's search index (54.6%) cover issues and repos too. Docfork shut down on 2026-06-14; remove it from any config.
alternatives · verified 2026-09-08 · recheck 2027-01-06