sphinx-doc/sphinx
The Sphinx documentation generator observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 63
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1
- age_days: 4261
- days_rel: 245
- days_push: 10
- n_releases_24m: 14
Adoption not part of the score
7990 stars · 2538 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Sphinx is a Python-based documentation generator that converts reStructuredText and Markdown sources into HTML, PDF, EPUB, man pages, and other formats. It offers powerful cross-referencing, automatic API documentation from docstrings, theming, and a rich extension ecosystem.
Use cases
- generate html documentation for a python library
- build api docs from docstrings automatically
- convert restructuredtext or markdown to pdf and epub
- create a project documentation site with search and cross-references
- host versioned docs on read the docs
- write multilingual documentation with translations
When to choose
- documenting python, c, c++, or javascript projects with structured narrative and api docs
- you need cross-references, indices, and multiple output formats from one source
- you want a mature tool with a large extension and theme ecosystem
When to avoid
- you want a minimal single-page readme site where a static site generator is simpler
- your team strongly prefers writing docs in plain markdown without restructuredtext directives
- you need a general-purpose website or blog with dynamic content
Facets
application · maturity stable
documentation static-site-generator templating markdown pdf internationalization documentation developer-tools web-development python cli cross-platform restructuredtext docs-as-code autodoc api-documentation html-themes myst-markdown
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx · fetched 2026-08-28 · b30425a9c740
- homepage: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 37eaca67ef02
- site_page: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/installation.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7ba249de5900
- site_page: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/quickstart.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0eaa8bcec1df
- site_page: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/tutorial/getting-started.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · ffd97748b3c3
- site_page: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/tutorial/narrative-documentation.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4f7cfec260ca
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/sphinx/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · ac0776944fa5
- site_page: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/faq.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6c54bc8008a6
- site_page: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 15c4f33f891e
- site_page: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1414e630fcdf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sphinx-doc/sphinx | main | 87 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="sphinx-doc/sphinx")
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