# Sphinx

> Create intelligent and beautiful documentation with ease

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/sphinx
- **Category:** Documentation Tools
- **Homepage:** https://www.sphinx-doc.org
- **Also known as:** sphinx
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T16:09:06.293Z

## Vioscale score

**69.2 / 100**, confidence 42% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| capabilities | 74.7 | 16 | 1195.6 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 73.6 | 5 | 367.9 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 9.5 | 18 | 170.6 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 98.9 | 10 | 988.9 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 13 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 94.9 | 26 | 2468.1 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |

## About

A documentation generator supporting reStructuredText and MyST Markdown with cross-referencing, multiple output formats (HTML, LaTeX/PDF, ePub, Texinfo), extensible architecture, automatic API documentation generation, and internationalization.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Documentation Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

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

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | [link](https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 7,951 | [link](https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 20,345,574 | [link](https://pypistats.org/packages/sphinx) | 2026-08-01 | 85% (high) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Python | [link](https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx) | 2026-08-01 | 98% (high) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 2 | [link](https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases) | 2026-08-01 | 70% (medium) |

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