Updated every week · data from 2026-11-01
Find the right
MkDocs plugin.
306 plugins, themes and Markdown extensions for MkDocs NG and MkDocs, ranked by usage and activity. Marked when they build on MkDocs NG.
- projects
- 306
- categories
- 17
- tested on MkDocs NG every week
- 31
Categories#
- Theming 33 projects
- API documentation building 26 projects
- Blogging 7 projects
- Charts, Images, Tables & Graphs 40 projects
- Code execution, variables & templating 22 projects
- Git repos & info 12 projects
- HTML processing & CSS styling 16 projects
- Integrations with other tools 13 projects
- Internationalization & localization 3 projects
- Links & references 24 projects
- Markdown extensions 28 projects
- Navigation & page building 29 projects
- Quality checks (code blocks, spelling, etc.) 6 projects
- Search & tables of content 5 projects
- Site conversion (PDF/ePUB/etc.) 11 projects
- Site building, site management 22 projects
- Snippets & includes (reusing contents) 9 projects
Most downloaded#
| Project | Category | Downloads/month | Tested on NG |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyMdown Extensions | Markdown extensions | 18.3M | ✓ |
| Material for MkDocs | Theming | 11.7M | ✓ |
| mkdocstrings | API documentation building | 5.8M | ✓ |
| autorefs | Links & references | 5.8M | ✓ |
| mkdocstrings-python | API documentation building | 5.8M | |
| macros | Code execution, variables & templating | 1.3M | ✓ |
| monorepo | Site building, site management | 1.3M | ✓ |
| mkdocs-redirects | Links & references | 1.2M | ✓ |
| git-revision-date-localized | Git repos & info | 1.2M | ✓ |
| gen-files | Code execution, variables & templating | 997k | ✓ |
| MkDocs GLightbox | Charts, Images, Tables & Graphs | 986k | ✓ |
| markdown-exec | Code execution, variables & templating | 979k | ✓ |
| Mdx Truly Sane Lists | Markdown extensions | 970k | |
| mike | Site building, site management | 908k | ✓ |
| section-index | Navigation & page building | 807k |
How projects are ranked#
Projects are sorted by a quality score computed from GitHub and PyPI data: stars, downloads, dependents, contributors and recent activity. The data is refreshed every Thursday.
Add or update a project#
Edit projects.yaml and open a pull request, or suggest a project in an issue.
Start with MkDocs NG#
MkDocs NG is a maintained, drop-in replacement for MkDocs 1.x. Your mkdocs.yml and plugins keep working:
pip install mkdocs-ng
Read the migration guide or try Sumi, the MkDocs NG theme.