moderate2026
Being overtaken by Fumadocs on all momentum metricsNextra ~113K npm/week with modest growth. Fumadocs at 309K/week with 3x YoY. The writing is on the wall.
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Nextra
activeNext.js documentation framework. 13.7K stars, 113K npm/week. App Router support in v4. The mature but plateauing option — Fumadocs has overtaken it on every momentum metric.
Score 81
Where it wins
13.7K stars — established community
113K npm/week — still widely used
App Router support in v4
Mature, well-known in Next.js ecosystem
Where to be skeptical
Growth plateauing while Fumadocs grows 3x YoY
Fumadocs has overtaken in npm downloads (309K vs 113K/week)
313 open issues
Last release Dec 2025 — slower cadence than competitors
Editorial verdict
Still works, still maintained, but Fumadocs has overtaken it on every momentum metric (309K vs 113K npm/week, 3x YoY growth vs modest). No reason to choose Nextra over Fumadocs for a new Next.js project. Existing Nextra users don't need to rush to migrate, but the writing is on the wall.
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Nextra
Simple, powerful and flexible site generation framework with everything you love from Next.js.
Documentation
https://nextra.site
Development
Installation
The Nextra repository uses PNPM Workspaces and Turborepo.
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Run
corepack enableto enable Corepack.If the command above fails, run
npm install -g corepack@latestto install the latest version of Corepack. -
Run
pnpm installto install the project's dependencies.
Build nextra
pnpm --filter nextra build
Watch mode: pnpm --filter nextra dev
Build nextra-theme-docs
pnpm --filter nextra-theme-docs build
Development
You can also debug them together with a website locally. For instance, to start
examples/docs locally, run
pnpm --filter example-docs dev
Any change to example/docs will be re-rendered instantly.
If you update the core or theme packages, a rebuild is required. Or you can use the watch mode for both Nextra and the theme in separated terminals.