Comparison

Eleventy vs Sphinx

No clear leader: Sphinx (64.0) and Eleventy (59.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Eleventy60
Sphinx64
Score
vioscaleAI score
Eleventy60 / 100high · 77%
Sphinx64 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Eleventy✓
Sphinx✓
Model
Price level
Eleventyfree
Sphinxfree
Transparent
Eleventy✓
Sphinx✓
Integrations
Count
Eleventy11
Sphinx1
Adoption
Dependent repos
Eleventy0
Sphinx68,751
Github stars
Eleventy19,963
Sphinx8,061
Package downloads weekly
Eleventy212,310
Activity
Commits last 30d
Eleventy48
Sphinx1
Release
Cadence days
Eleventy2
Sphinx1
History
Eleventy20 items
Sphinx20 items
License
Spdx
EleventyMIT
Sphinx–
Language
Primary
EleventyJavaScript
SphinxPython
Market
Availability
Sphinx–
Content
Faq
Eleventy6 items
Sphinx4 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Eleventy

A JavaScript-based command-line tool that transforms various template formats into static HTML output, offering a flexible alternative to traditional site generators.

Independently observed

Sphinx

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.

Eleventy

Open source
as of verify ↗

Sphinx

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
macOS
Eleventy✓
Sphinx✗
Windows
Eleventy✓
Sphinx✗
CLI
Eleventy✓
Sphinx✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Eleventy✓
Sphinx✓

Integrations

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

Eleventy

11 total
  • HTML
  • Markdown
  • JavaScript
  • Liquid
  • Nunjucks
  • WebC
  • Sass
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • TypeScript
  • JSX
Independently observed

Sphinx

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

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Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.