A theme built on Astro Starlight that mimics VitePress in appearance and layout
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i-cant-believe-its-not-vitepress — Astro Documentation Template
By KTibow
An Astro Starlight theme that keeps the sidebar, body content and table of contents in a single centred column, mimicking VitePress in appearance and layout.
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Sidebar, body content and table of contents stay in the same centred column, with the table of contents close to the content
Uses the Inter typeface
The repository is split into a theme package and a demo site, linked through a pnpm workspace
MIT licensed, allowing modification, commercial use and distribution
Template Details
This project is an Astro Starlight theme that aims to bring a Starlight site close to VitePress in both visuals and layout. It places the sidebar, body content and table of contents in one centred column, with the table of contents sitting next to the content rather than drifting to the far edge of the screen on wide displays. The theme uses the Inter typeface. The repository follows a pnpm workspace structure: packages/i-cant-believe-its-not-vitepress is the theme itself, and docs/ is a demo site that uses the theme. During development the theme is pulled in through a workspace link, so changes to the theme package are reflected immediately in the demo site when running pnpm dev. Installation instructions, configurable options and the theme's internal structure are documented in the theme package's README. The project is MIT licensed, currently has very few stars, and is a small theme released by an individual.
AstroVitePressDocumentation
Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- You already have an Astro Starlight site and want to switch it to a VitePress-style single centred column layout
- You want to study how a Starlight theme adjusts the layout of the sidebar, body content and table of contents
- You need a Starlight theme with a demo site as a starting point for further development
Suitable For
- Developers building documentation sites with Astro and Starlight
- Teams that prefer the VitePress visual style but want to stay in the Astro ecosystem
- Projects that need MIT-licensed theme code for modification or distribution
Getting started & customization
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The repository uses pnpm; run pnpm install first
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Run pnpm dev to view the demo site at localhost:4321
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The theme is referenced by the demo site through a workspace link, so changes to the theme package take effect immediately
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Installation steps, configuration options and theme structure are in packages/i-cant-believe-its-not-vitepress/README.md
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts and icons need their licences checked separately; the MIT licence on the code alone is not sufficient to judge them
License & source material
Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version in the public repository under the MIT licence; the free scope applies to that version's code and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.
Must comply with when using
- You may use, modify, commercially use and distribute this version's code for free.
- When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT licence notice.
- The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original licence and applicable law.
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- Demo images, fonts, icons and other third-party assets need to be checked against their respective licences; the MIT licence on the code alone is not sufficient to judge them.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments or AI may incur separate charges.
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https://github.com/KTibow/i-cant-believe-its-not-vitepress/blob/main/LICENSEhttps://github.com/KTibow/i-cant-believe-its-not-vitepress/blob/main/README.mdPermission is hereby granted, free of charge
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 88 / 100
- Technologies
- Astro · VitePress
- Website type
- Documentation
How this score is calculated
Our heuristic uses license records (up to 30), a demo link (12), a preview (10), stars (15), recorded maintenance (15), description completeness (8), feature records (5) and classification data (5). It is not a code, security or performance test, or a Google score. A link does not establish tested functionality.
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- 2026-09-05
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-01
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Source file / repository# I Can't Believe It's Not VitePress A [Starlight](https://starlight.astro.build) theme that looks and lays out like [VitePress](https://vitepress.dev) — one centred band, Inter, and a table of contents that stays next to the words it describes instead of drifting to the far edge of a wide monitor. ``` packages/i-cant-believe-its-not-vitepress/ the theme docs/ a demo site that uses it ``` ## Develop ```sh pnpm install pnpm dev # demo site at localhost:4321 pnpm build ``` The theme is consumed by the demo through a workspace link, so edits to `packages/i-cant-believe-its-not-vitepress` show up in `pnpm dev` immediately. See [the package README](packages/i-cant-believe-its-not-vitepress/README.md) for installation, options and how the theme is put together. ## License MIT
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