Default Theme Config

Theme config lets you customize your theme. You can define theme config via the themeConfig option in the config file:

export default {
  lang: 'en-US',
  title: 'VitePress',
  description: 'Vite & Vue powered static site generator.',

  // Theme related configurations.
  themeConfig: {
    logo: '/logo.svg',
    nav: [...],
    sidebar: { ... }
  }
}

The options documented on this page only apply to the default theme. Different themes expect different theme config. When using a custom theme, the theme config object will be passed to the theme so the theme can define conditional behavior based on it.

i18nRouting

• Type: boolean

Changing locale to say zh will change the URL from /foo (or /en/foo/) to /zh/foo. You can disable this behavior by setting themeConfig.i18nRouting to false.

logo

• Type: ThemeableImage

Logo file to display in nav bar, right before the site title. Accepts a path string, or an object to set a different logo for light/dark mode.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    logo: '/logo.svg'
  }
}

type ThemeableImage =
  | string
  | { src: string; alt?: string }
  | { light: string; dark: string; alt?: string }

siteTitle

• Type: string | false

You can customize this item to replace the default site title (title in app config) in nav. When set to false, title in nav will be disabled. Useful when you have logo that already contains the site title text.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    siteTitle: 'Hello World'
  }
}

nav

• Type: NavItem

The configuration for the nav menu item. More details in Default Theme: Nav.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    nav: [
      { text: 'Guide', link: '/guide' },
      {
        text: 'Dropdown Menu',
        items: [
          { text: 'Item A', link: '/item-1' },
          { text: 'Item B', link: '/item-2' },
          { text: 'Item C', link: '/item-3' }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

type NavItem = NavItemWithLink | NavItemWithChildren

interface NavItemWithLink {
  text: string
  link: string
  activeMatch?: string
  target?: string
  rel?: string
  noIcon?: boolean
}

interface NavItemChildren {
  text?: string
  items: NavItemWithLink[]
}

interface NavItemWithChildren {
  text?: string
  items: (NavItemChildren | NavItemWithLink)[]
  activeMatch?: string
}

sidebar

• Type: Sidebar

The configuration for the sidebar menu item. More details in Default Theme: Sidebar.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    sidebar: [
      {
        text: 'Guide',
        items: [
          { text: 'Introduction', link: '/introduction' },
          { text: 'Getting Started', link: '/getting-started' },
          ...
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

export type Sidebar = SidebarItem[] | SidebarMulti

export interface SidebarMulti {
  [path: string]: SidebarItem[] | { items: SidebarItem[]; base: string }
}

export type SidebarItem = {
  /**
   * The text label of the item.
   */
  text?: string

  /**
   * The link of the item.
   */
  link?: string

  /**
   * The children of the item.
   */
  items?: SidebarItem[]

  /**
   * If not specified, group is not collapsible.
   *
   * If `true`, group is collapsible and collapsed by default
   *
   * If `false`, group is collapsible but expanded by default
   */
  collapsed?: boolean

  /**
   * Base path for the children items.
   */
  base?: string

  /**
   * Customize text that appears on the footer of previous/next page.
   */
  docFooterText?: string

  rel?: string
  target?: string
}

aside

• Type: boolean | 'left'
• Default: true
• Can be overridden per page via frontmatter

Setting this value to false prevents rendering of aside container.
Setting this value to true renders the aside to the right.
Setting this value to left renders the aside to the left.

If you want to disable it for all viewports, you should use outline: false instead.

outline

• Type: Outline | Outline['level'] | false
• Level can be overridden per page via frontmatter

Setting this value to false prevents rendering of outline container. Refer this interface for more details:

interface Outline {
  /**
   * The levels of headings to be displayed in the outline.
   * Single number means only headings of that level will be displayed.
   * If a tuple is passed, the first number is the minimum level and the second number is the maximum level.
   * `'deep'` is same as `[2, 6]`, which means all headings from `<h2>` to `<h6>` will be displayed.
   *
   * @default 2
   */
  level?: number | [number, number] | 'deep'

  /**
   * The title to be displayed on the outline.
   *
   * @default 'On this page'
   */
  label?: string
}

socialLinks

• Type: SocialLink[]

You may define this option to show your social account links with icons in nav.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    socialLinks: [
      // You can add any icon from simple-icons (https://simpleicons.org/):
      { icon: 'github', link: 'https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress' },
      { icon: 'twitter', link: '...' },
      // You can also add custom icons by passing SVG as string:
      {
        icon: {
          svg: '<svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>Dribbble</title><path d="M12...6.38z"/></svg>'
        },
        link: '...',
        // You can include a custom label for accessibility too (optional but recommended):
        ariaLabel: 'cool link'
      }
    ]
  }
}

interface SocialLink {
  icon: string | { svg: string }
  link: string
  ariaLabel?: string
}

footer

• Type: Footer
• Can be overridden per page via frontmatter

Footer configuration. You can add a message or copyright text on the footer, however, it will only be displayed when the page doesn't contain a sidebar. This is due to design concerns.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    footer: {
      message: 'Released under the MIT License.',
      copyright: 'Copyright © 2019-present Evan You'
    }
  }
}

export interface Footer {
  message?: string
  copyright?: string
}

editLink

• Type: EditLink
• Can be overridden per page via frontmatter

Edit Link lets you display a link to edit the page on Git management services such as GitHub, or GitLab. See Default Theme: Edit Link for more details.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    editLink: {
      pattern: 'https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/edit/main/docs/:path',
      text: 'Edit this page on GitHub'
    }
  }
}

export interface EditLink {
  pattern: string
  text?: string
}

lastUpdated

• Type: LastUpdatedOptions

Allows customization for the last updated text and date format.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    lastUpdated: {
      text: 'Updated at',
      formatOptions: {
        dateStyle: 'full',
        timeStyle: 'medium'
      }
    }
  }
}

export interface LastUpdatedOptions {
  /**
   * @default 'Last updated'
   */
  text?: string

  /**
   * @default
   * { dateStyle: 'short',  timeStyle: 'short' }
   */
  formatOptions?: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions & { forceLocale?: boolean }
}

algolia

• Type: AlgoliaSearch

An option to support searching your docs site using Algolia DocSearch. Learn more in Default Theme: Search

export interface AlgoliaSearchOptions extends DocSearchProps {
  locales?: Record<string, Partial<DocSearchProps>>
}

View full options here.

carbonAds

• Type: CarbonAdsOptions

An option to display Carbon Ads.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    carbonAds: {
      code: 'your-carbon-code',
      placement: 'your-carbon-placement'
    }
  }
}

export interface CarbonAdsOptions {
  code: string
  placement: string
}

Learn more in Default Theme: Carbon Ads

docFooter

• Type: DocFooter

Can be used to customize text appearing above previous and next links. Helpful if not writing docs in English. Also can be used to disable prev/next links globally. If you want to selectively enable/disable prev/next links, you can use frontmatter.

export default {
  themeConfig: {
    docFooter: {
      prev: 'Pagina prior',
      next: 'Proxima pagina'
    }
  }
}

export interface DocFooter {
  prev?: string | false
  next?: string | false
}

darkModeSwitchLabel

• Type: string
• Default: Appearance

Can be used to customize the dark mode switch label. This label is only displayed in the mobile view.

lightModeSwitchTitle

• Type: string
• Default: Switch to light theme

Can be used to customize the light mode switch title that appears on hovering.

darkModeSwitchTitle

• Type: string
• Default: Switch to dark theme

Can be used to customize the dark mode switch title that appears on hovering.

sidebarMenuLabel

• Type: string
• Default: Menu

Can be used to customize the sidebar menu label. This label is only displayed in the mobile view.

returnToTopLabel

• Type: string
• Default: Return to top

Can be used to customize the label of the return to top button. This label is only displayed in the mobile view.

langMenuLabel

• Type: string
• Default: Change language

Can be used to customize the aria-label of the language toggle button in navbar. This is only used if you're using i18n.

externalLinkIcon

• Type: boolean
• Default: false

Whether to show an external link icon next to external links in markdown.