Comparison

Antora vs Sphinx

On the evidence we track, Sphinx leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Antora53
★Sphinx64
Score
vioscaleAI score
Antora53 / 100low · 25%
Sphinx64 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Antora✓
Sphinx✓
Model
Price level
Antorafree
Sphinxfree
Transparent
Antora–
Sphinx✓
Integrations
Count
Antora19
Sphinx1
Adoption
Dependent repos
Antora–
Sphinx68,751
Github stars
Antora–
Sphinx8,061
Package downloads weekly
Antora29,351
Activity
Commits last 30d
Antora–
Sphinx1
Release
Cadence days
Antora–
Sphinx1
History
Antora–
Sphinx20 items
License
Spdx
AntoraMPL-2.0
Sphinx–
Language
Primary
Antora–
SphinxPython
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Antora6 items
Sphinx4 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for documentation tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool kind
AntoraStatic-site generator
SphinxStatic-site generator
Engine / language
AntoraRuby
SphinxPython
Authoring
Authoring format
AntoraAsciiDoc
SphinxreStructuredText
API docs
API reference from OpenAPI / code
Antora-
Sphinx✓
Content
Multi-version docs
Antora✓
Sphinx✓
Internationalisation
Antora-
Sphinx✓
Discovery
Search
Antora-
SphinxBuilt-in
Design
Theming / custom design
Antora✓
Sphinx✓
Workflow
Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
Antora✓
Sphinx-
Deployment
Self-hostable
Antora✓
Sphinx✓
Official managed host
Antora-
Sphinx✗
Insight
Built-in usage analytics
Antora-
Sphinx-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Antora

Asciidoctor is a publishing toolchain for processing AsciiDoc markup into HTML, DocBook, PDF, and other formats. It includes native PDF generation capabilities and integrations with various diagram and visualization tools.

Independently observed

Sphinx

Leader

Converts reStructuredText and Markdown into multiple output formats including HTML, PDF, and ePub, with support for automatic API documentation, customizable themes, and internationalization.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Antora

Open source
as of verify ↗

Sphinx

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
CLI
Antora✓
Sphinx✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Antora✓
Sphinx✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Antora

19 total
  • Visual Studio Code
  • GraphViz
  • PlantUML
  • Mermaid
  • BlockDiag
  • Ditaa
  • Erd
  • AsciiToSVG
  • Msc
  • Shaape
  • SvgBob
  • Syntrax
  • UMLet
  • Vega
  • Vega-Lite
  • WaveDrom
  • SeqDiag
  • ActDiag
  • NwDiag
Independently observed

Sphinx

Leader
1 total
  • Jupyter
Independently observed
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Antora or Sphinx: which one depends on you

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