Complete guide to migrating your Notion website to Docusaurus. Leave Notion's not designed as a cms behind and get purpose-built for documentation with versioning, search, and i18n. Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Notion to Docusaurus for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose Docusaurus as the destination, and download your content — posts, pages, and media — in minutes. No API keys, passwords, or CLI tools required. Difficulty: Easy. Estimated time: 10-20 minutes.
All-in-one workspace for notes, docs, and wikis. Teams already using Notion who want to repurpose it as a lightweight CMS, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Not designed as a CMS — API has rate limits and no webhooks
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Notion. Docusaurus eliminates this issue entirely.
Page load speeds make it unsuitable for public-facing sites
With Docusaurus, purpose-built for documentation with versioning, search, and i18n.
No built-in SEO, sitemap, or structured metadata
Modern architectures like Docusaurus are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
Content formatting doesn't translate cleanly to web standards
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — Docusaurus takes a fundamentally different approach.
Meta's documentation framework built on React. Built with JavaScript/TypeScript (React), it's open-source projects and companies needing versioned technical documentation.
Purpose-built for documentation with versioning, search, and i18n
Used by major open-source projects (React, Babel, Jest, Redux)
React-based — extend with any React component
Algolia DocSearch integration for free search
Docusaurus is open-source and free to use. You own your code and data with no vendor lock-in. Deploy to any host that supports JavaScript/TypeScript, or use managed platforms like Vercel and Netlify for zero-config deployments.
Side-by-side comparison based on real platform characteristics
| Metric | Notion | Docusaurus |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Language | Proprietary (API available) | JavaScript/TypeScript (React) |
| Pricing | Free / $10+/month | Free (open-source) |
| Open Source | No | Yes |
Ratings are based on publicly available data, documentation, and community consensus as of 2026. Individual experience may vary.
A detailed breakdown of how your Notion content maps to Docusaurus
What may need manual attention
Custom server-side logic, third-party integrations, and platform-specific plugins will need equivalent solutions in Docusaurus. The core content (text, images, metadata) transfers cleanly.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Notion site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select Docusaurus as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Notion to Docusaurus makes the most sense if you're experiencing not designed as a cms — api has rate limits and no webhooks or outgrowing Notion's architecture. Docusaurus is best for open-source projects and companies needing versioned technical documentation.
You should migrate if: your Notion site is slow, your hosting costs are climbing, you need developer flexibility, or you want to adopt a modern JAMstack architecture.
You might want to stay if: your Notion site benefits from extremely flexible — databases, wikis, docs, and kanban in one tool and you don't have JavaScript/TypeScript developers on your team. Notion is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Notion URL, select Docusaurus, and download your content. The more important question is whether Docusaurus's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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