# Nextra vs Sphinx

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Sphinx

| Attribute | Nextra | Sphinx |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 50.9 (61% (medium)) | 68.9 (71% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | 2 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 2,302 | 68,751 |
| adoption.github_stars | 13,911 | 7,989 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 218,218 | 15,422,418 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source site generator that combines Next.js with Markdown and MDX, providing automatic link/image optimization, built-in full-text search, internationalization, and hybrid rendering capabilities for documentation and content sites. | Converts reStructuredText and Markdown into multiple output formats including HTML, PDF, and ePub, with support for automatic API documentation, customizable themes, and internationalization. |
| features.capabilities | `{"i18n":true,"kind":"static_generator","engine":"Next.js","search":"built_in","git_sync":true,"analytics":false,"authoring":"mdx","themeable":true,"versioning":true,"api_reference":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":false}` | `{"i18n":true,"kind":"static_generator","engine":"Python","themeable":true,"api_reference":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":false}` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Python |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://nextra.site","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:20:08.323Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://www.sphinx-doc.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:27:10.554Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra%404.6.1","date":"2025-12-04T10:30:12Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra@4.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-docs%404.6.1","date":"2025-12-04T10:30:15Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-docs@4.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-blog%404.6.1","date":"2025-12-04T10:30:10Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-blog@4.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra%404.6.0","date":"2025-10-02T14:50:10Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra@4.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-docs%404.6.0","date":"2025-10-02T14:50:07Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-docs@4.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-blog%404.6.0","date":"2025-10-02T14:50:04Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-blog@4.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra%404.5.1","date":"2025-09-27T16:37:30Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra@4.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-docs%404.5.1","date":"2025-09-27T16:37:27Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-docs@4.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-blog%404.5.1","date":"2025-09-27T16:37:24Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-blog@4.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra%404.5.0","date":"2025-09-21T16:08:44Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra@4.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-docs%404.5.0","date":"2025-09-21T16:08:50Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-docs@4.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-blog%404.5.0","date":"2025-09-21T16:08:47Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-blog@4.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra%404.4.0","date":"2025-08-22T09:43:05Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra@4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-docs%404.4.0","date":"2025-08-22T09:43:11Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-docs@4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-blog%404.4.0","date":"2025-08-22T09:43:08Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-blog@4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra%404.3.0","date":"2025-07-28T15:07:46Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra@4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-docs%404.3.0","date":"2025-07-28T15:07:52Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-docs@4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-blog%404.3.0","date":"2025-07-28T15:07:49Z","type":"stable","version":"nextra-theme-blog@4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra%404.3.0-alpha.31","date":"2025-07-10T13:04:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nextra@4.3.0-alpha.31"},{"url":"https://github.com/shuding/nextra/releases/tag/nextra-theme-docs%404.3.0-alpha.31","date":"2025-07-10T13:04:20Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nextra-theme-docs@4.3.0-alpha.31"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.1.0","date":"2025-12-31T15:08:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.1.0rc2","date":"2025-12-27T03:17:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v9.1.0rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.1.0rc1","date":"2025-12-19T23:30:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v9.1.0rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.4","date":"2025-12-04T07:46:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.3","date":"2025-12-04T01:46:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.2","date":"2025-12-03T23:03:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.1","date":"2025-12-01T16:43:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.0","date":"2025-11-30T12:41:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v9.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.0rc4","date":"2025-11-30T06:18:15Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v9.0.0rc4"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.0rc3","date":"2025-11-30T03:03:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v9.0.0rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.0rc2","date":"2025-11-29T02:44:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v9.0.0rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.0rc1","date":"2025-11-28T00:47:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v9.0.0rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v8.2.3","date":"2025-03-02T22:31:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v8.2.2","date":"2025-03-02T21:01:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v8.2.1","date":"2025-02-21T23:29:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v8.2.0","date":"2025-02-18T19:52:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v8.2.0rc2","date":"2025-02-18T00:39:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v8.2.0rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v8.2.0rc1","date":"2025-02-16T05:41:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v8.2.0rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v8.1.3","date":"2024-10-13T20:26:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v8.1.2","date":"2024-10-12T18:44:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.2"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 3.4 | 5.5 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=nextra&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=sphinx&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Documentation Tools)

| Capability | Nextra | Sphinx |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool kind | Static-site generator | Static-site generator |
| Engine / language | Next.js | Python |
| **Authoring** |  |  |
| Authoring format | MDX | - |
| **API docs** |  |  |
| API reference from OpenAPI / code | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Content** |  |  |
| Multi-version docs | ✓ | - |
| Internationalisation | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Discovery** |  |  |
| Search | Built-in | - |
| **Design** |  |  |
| Theming / custom design | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Workflow** |  |  |
| Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | ✓ |
| Official managed host | ✗ | ✗ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Built-in usage analytics | ✗ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:41:57.529Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*