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Starlight vs Jupyter Book: catalog facts
Starlight	Jupyter Book
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Search, navigation and i18n included Markdown, Markdoc and MDX support	Executes code at build time and includes the results Cross-references pages, figures and equations
Focused on documentation sites only Requires Node.js and some Astro knowledge to customise	Version 2 still has known limitations Command-line workflow assumes some technical comfort
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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