VuePress, is a Vue-powered Static Site Generator.

Features:

Core Characteristics

1. Simplicity and Content Focus: VuePress operates on a principle of Simplicity First. It requires minimal setup and utilizes a markdown-centered project structure, which helps the user focus on writing.

2. Vue Integration and Development Experience: As a Vue-powered tool, users enjoy the dev experience of Vue. Developers have the functionality to use Vue components directly in markdown and can develop custom themes with Vue.

3. Performance: VuePress is designed to be Performant. It generates pre-rendered static HTML for each page. Once a page is loaded, it runs as an SPA (Single Page Application).

Key Functionalities and Extensibility Features

1. Themes: VuePress provides a default theme out of the box. Users have the option to choose a community theme or create their own one. Functionalities related to themes include the Theme API.

2. Plugins: The tool offers a flexible plugin API. Plugins are a core functionality, allowing them to provide lots of plug-and-play features for the site.

3. Bundlers: VuePress supports multiple bundlers. Vite is the recommended bundler, but Webpack is also supported. Users are able to choose the bundler they prefer.

4. Core APIs and Components: VuePress is structured around several core functionalities and components:

• CLI (Command Line Interface)

• Config

• Frontmatter

• Built-in Components

• Plugin API and Theme API

• Client API and Node API

5. Other Functionalities and Topics: Other documentation topics indicating available features or guides include Configuration, Page structure, handling Markdown, managing Assets, I18n (Internationalization), and Deployment. VuePress also supports Migrating from v1.