Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/meta/docusaurus/vs/vercel/next.js
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/meta/docusaurus/vs/vercel/next.js.md
Description: docusaurus and next.js share 6 technologies: React, prompts, Cheerio, js-yaml, PostCSS, and sharp. docusaurus is written in TypeScript and next.js in JavaScript.

# docusaurus vs next.js

docusaurus and next.js share 6 technologies: React, prompts, Cheerio, js-yaml, PostCSS, and sharp. docusaurus is written in TypeScript and next.js in JavaScript.

- [meta/docusaurus](https://seerepo.com/r/meta/docusaurus): Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
- [vercel/next.js](https://seerepo.com/r/vercel/next.js): The React Framework

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, prompts, Cheerio, js-yaml, PostCSS, sharp
- Only in docusaurus: react-router-dom, lightningcss, unified, unist-util-visit, remark, mdast-util-mdx, to-vfile, mdast-util-to-string, mdast-util-directive, rehype-stringify, remark-mdx, remark-rehype, escape-html, image-size, rehype-raw, remark-directive, remark-frontmatter, remark-gfm, vfile, eta, feed, workbox-window, rtlcss, prism-react-renderer, nprogress, @mdx-js/react, prismjs, Mermaid, @docsearch/react, joi, react-helmet-async, serve-handler
- Only in next.js: Express, concurrent-queue, Tokio, scheduler, Next.js, react-server-dom-webpack, styled-jsx, emotion, Tailwind CSS, geist, MUI, react-virtualized, Framer, Headless UI, @heroicons/react, Lucide, image, prop-types, Ajv, tracing, tracing-subscriber, OpenTelemetry, pino, class-variance-authority, next-themes, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, cmdk, Sass

## Side by side

| | docusaurus | next.js |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 130,242 lines written, 674 code files | 2,391,614 lines written, 5,697 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 0.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 6,932 commits, 66,654 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 36,392 commits, 143,262 stars |
| Tests | 272 test files. 35.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 18,587 test files. 6.5% 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 next.js?

next.js, with 2,391,614 lines written; docusaurus has 130,242.

The proof: [vercel/next.js's code at commit 97f1a2c](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/97f1a2c8a1deb23cf03855d67f942c0fe3ded1ce)

### Which has more GitHub stars, docusaurus or next.js?

next.js, with 143,262 stars; docusaurus has 66,654.

The proof: [vercel/next.js on GitHub](https://github.com/vercel/next.js)

### Which has more tests, docusaurus or next.js?

next.js, with 18,587 test files; docusaurus has 272.

The proof: [vercel/next.js's code at commit 97f1a2c](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/97f1a2c8a1deb23cf03855d67f942c0fe3ded1ce)

### Which was updated more recently, docusaurus or next.js?

next.js: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and docusaurus's on November 2, 2026.

The proof: [vercel/next.js's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, docusaurus or next.js?

docusaurus: an AI signed 2.7% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in next.js, 0.8%.

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)
- vercel/next.js: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 97f1a2c (https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/97f1a2c8a1deb23cf03855d67f942c0fe3ded1ce)

## 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.