Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/meta/docusaurus/vs/remarkjs/react-markdown
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/meta/docusaurus/vs/remarkjs/react-markdown.md
Description: docusaurus and react-markdown share 7 technologies: React, unified, unist-util-visit, remark, rehype-raw, remark-gfm, and vfile. docusaurus is written in TypeScript and react-markdown in JavaScript.

# docusaurus vs react-markdown

docusaurus and react-markdown share 7 technologies: React, unified, unist-util-visit, remark, rehype-raw, remark-gfm, and vfile. docusaurus is written in TypeScript and react-markdown in JavaScript.

- [meta/docusaurus](https://seerepo.com/r/meta/docusaurus): Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
- [remarkjs/react-markdown](https://seerepo.com/r/remarkjs/react-markdown): Markdown component for React

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, unified, unist-util-visit, remark, rehype-raw, remark-gfm, vfile
- Only in docusaurus: react-router-dom, prompts, lightningcss, mdast-util-mdx, to-vfile, mdast-util-to-string, mdast-util-directive, rehype-stringify, remark-mdx, remark-rehype, escape-html, image-size, remark-directive, remark-frontmatter, eta, Cheerio, feed, js-yaml, PostCSS, workbox-window, rtlcss, prism-react-renderer, nprogress, @mdx-js/react, prismjs, Mermaid, @docsearch/react, joi, react-helmet-async, serve-handler, sharp
- Only in react-markdown: hast-util-to-jsx-runtime, remark-parse, remark-toc

## Side by side

| | docusaurus | react-markdown |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 130,242 lines written, 674 code files | 1,938 lines written, 3 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 6,932 commits, 66,654 stars | Last push October 3, 2026, 560 commits, 15,935 stars |
| Tests | 272 test files. 35.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1 test files. 33.3% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, docusaurus or react-markdown?

docusaurus, with 130,242 lines written; react-markdown has 1,938.

The proof: [meta/docusaurus's code at commit 2a89055](https://github.com/meta/docusaurus/tree/2a89055951c6670a7c8dc390d3b84c7cd5ef7b34)

### Which has more GitHub stars, docusaurus or react-markdown?

docusaurus, with 66,654 stars; react-markdown has 15,935.

The proof: [meta/docusaurus on GitHub](https://github.com/meta/docusaurus)

### Which has more tests, docusaurus or react-markdown?

docusaurus, with 272 test files; react-markdown has 1.

The proof: [meta/docusaurus's code at commit 2a89055](https://github.com/meta/docusaurus/tree/2a89055951c6670a7c8dc390d3b84c7cd5ef7b34)

### Which was updated more recently, docusaurus or react-markdown?

docusaurus: its last push was on November 2, 2026, and react-markdown's on October 3, 2026.

The proof: [meta/docusaurus's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/meta/docusaurus/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, docusaurus or react-markdown?

docusaurus: an AI signed 2.7% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in meta/docusaurus](https://seerepo.com/r/meta/docusaurus/ai)

## Sources

- meta/docusaurus: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 2a89055 (https://github.com/meta/docusaurus/tree/2a89055951c6670a7c8dc390d3b84c7cd5ef7b34)
- remarkjs/react-markdown: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit f9ca66e (https://github.com/remarkjs/react-markdown/tree/f9ca66ec73d218127bff56b41a583bba1fb96125)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.