# Docusaurus: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 13 judge labels across 2 categories by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/docusaurus

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [IT documentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/it-documentation/index.md) | 2% | 9 | 18% | 11 |
| [Internal developer portals](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/internal-developer-portals/index.md) | 0% | 59 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Zero budget, technical team: Use Docusaurus or Starlight on GitHub Pages. It's free, flexible, and gives you full control." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, IT documentation)
- "Docusaurus (for dev-heavy teams)—these avoid subscription risks but require more setup" (Grok 4.20, IT documentation)
- "Need docs-as-code for engineering teams? → Docusaurus / MkDocs / GitHub-based docs" (GPT-5.4 mini, IT documentation)
- "Docusaurus is Engineering-led open-source docs, Free (open source), Git-native." (Muse Glimmer 30B, IT documentation)

## And against it

- "treating them as an "Internal Developer Portal" is a mistake" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Developer portals)
- "Docusaurus itself notes it is powerful for docs sites but not as opinionated for documentation workflows, so it may require more setup." (GPT-5.4 mini, IT documentation)
- "BookStack, Wiki.js, Docusaurus, and similar tools can provide control, but the organization must handle hosting, patching, backups" (Perplexity Sonar, IT documentation)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Docusaurus, from 19 of the 24 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ones.com: 11
- capterra.com: 7
- ferndesk.com: 6
- reddit.com: 5
- softwareadvice.com: 5
- toolradar.com: 5
- bookstackapp.com: 4
- gitbook.com: 4
- mintlify.com: 4
- notion.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://capterra.com/it-documentation-software: 7
- https://ones.com/blog/best-documentation-software-for-tech-teams-9-platforms-compared: 7
- https://ones.com/blog/documentation-management-software-9-picks-for-growing-teams: 6
- https://ferndesk.com/blog/best-it-documentation-software: 5
- https://softwareadvice.com/it-documentation: 5
- https://typemill.net/knowledge-hub/best-documentation-tools: 4
- https://aimultiple.com/it-documentation-software: 3
- https://gitbook.com/blog/best-technical-documentation-tools: 3

## In its own words

What Docusaurus's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: An optimized site generator in React. Docusaurus helps you to move fast and write content. Build documentation websites, blogs, marketing pages, and more. (https://docusaurus.io/)
- For: null (https://docusaurus.io/)
- Price stated: null (https://docusaurus.io/)
- Starting price: null (https://docusaurus.io/)
- Free plan or trial: Try a Demo (https://docusaurus.io/)
- Customers named: Supabase, Temporal, testing-library.com

## What it publishes

Every page docusaurus.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1581 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 33 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-07
- report or ebook: 13 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-10
- Recent: 2026-07-10 report or ebook: Whats next https://docusaurus.io/docs/guides/whats-next
- Recent: 2026-06-12 report or ebook: Whats next https://docusaurus.io/docs/next/guides/whats-next
- Recent: 2026-04-07 blog: 3.10 https://docusaurus.io/blog/releases/3.10
- Recent: 2025-10-17 report or ebook: Whats next https://docusaurus.io/docs/3.9.2/guides/whats-next
- Recent: 2025-09-25 blog: 3.9 https://docusaurus.io/blog/releases/3.9
- Recent: 2025-05-26 blog: 3.8 https://docusaurus.io/blog/releases/3.8

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.