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Performance Benchmarks

Build times, dev server startup, and output size across 100 pages — measured under identical conditions.

26.39s
Boltdocs Build Time
5696ms
Dev Server Start
24.57s
Warm Rebuild
6.9MB
Output Size

Cold Build Time

Full build from scratch with no cache.

26.39s
Boltdocs26.39s
Docusaurus16.61s

Warm Rebuild

Incremental rebuild after editing one page.

24.57s
Boltdocs24.57s
Docusaurus10.18s

Dev Server Startup

Time until dev server is ready to serve.

5696ms
Boltdocs5696ms
Docusaurus5247ms

Output Size

Total size of the production build output.

7071KB
Boltdocs7071KB
Docusaurus4549KB

Methodology

Each benchmark generates 100 identical Markdown pages with frontmatter, headings, code blocks, and links. Both frameworks receive the exact same content.

Cold Build: Full build from scratch with no cache. Warm Rebuild: Incremental build after editing one page. Dev Server: Time until the dev server is ready to serve. Output Size: Total size of the production build directory.

All measurements are taken on the same machine under identical conditions. Cache directories are cleared between cold builds.

Last measured: 6/30/2026, 8:19:56 PM