Fern vs Mintlify vs ReadMe vs Redlight Greenlight for Claude Code

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Fern
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Mintlify
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ReadMe
Competitor 3
Redlight Greenlight for Claude Code
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Fern
buildwithfern.com
Fern is a developer platform that produces documentation websites, client libraries and a command-line interface for an API from one definition.
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Competitor Mintlify
mintlify.com
Documentation that writes itself from your code
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Competitor ReadMe
readme.com
ReadMe builds interactive API documentation that developers can read, test and search.
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Competitor Redlight Greenlight for Claude Code
github.com
One-click approve for Claude Code permissions
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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387.9Kvisits/mo
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637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 4.0%
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▲ 3.7%
6-month growth
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-37.3%
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+19.3%
Global rank web
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#114,864
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#49
Avg. last 3 months
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367.8K
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629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
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47%
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36%
Pages / visit
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3.5
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5.9
Visit duration
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1m 51s
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6m 26s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 25%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
FernMintlifyReadMeRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 331.3KMintlify · 338.6KMintlify · 353.9KMintlify · 618.3KMintlify · 1.4MMintlify · 718.1KMintlify · 342.3KMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 387.9KRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 484.3MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 504MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 542.6MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 534.8MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 634.3MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 631MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 636.1MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 615.2MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 637.9M100K1M10M100M1BMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 331.3KMintlify · 338.6KMintlify · 353.9KMintlify · 618.3KMintlify · 1.4MMintlify · 718.1KMintlify · 342.3KMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 387.9KRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 484.3MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 504MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 542.6MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 534.8MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 634.3MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 631MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 636.1MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 615.2MRedlight Greenlight for Claude Code · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Free Trial
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$450per month · free tier available
$250per month · free tier available
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Starter FreePro $450/moEnterprise Custom
Starter FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Plan $5/moPlan $21/unknown
Capabilities input → output
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Code
CodeText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
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Output
AppsCode
Documents
DocumentsText
Text
Skill level
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Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Developer ToolsAI Documents Generator
Development & CodeEducation & LearningAI Developer ToolsAI Knowledge Management
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.