Sphinx AlternativesDocumentation Generators and other similar apps like Sphinx

Sphinx is described as 'Tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation, written by Georg Brandl and licensed under the BSD license' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Sphinx for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted, Windows and Web-based apps. The best Sphinx alternative is GitBook, which is free. Other great apps like Sphinx are Wiki.js, Quartz – Static Site Generator, MkDocs and Archivy.

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  1. GitBook icon
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    GitBook is a tool for building beautiful books using Git and Markdown. It can generate your book into multiple formats:

    84 GitBook alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • GitBook is the most popular Web-based alternative to Sphinx.

    • GitBook is the most popular free alternative to Sphinx.

    • GitBook is Freemium and ProprietarySphinx is Free and Open Source
    • GitBook is LightweightSphinx is not according to our users
  2. Wiki.js icon
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    Write your content in the widely used and simple Markdown format, using the built-in visual editor. Unlike other wiki software that save content in a database with a difficult to extract format, Wiki.js saves all your content directly into Markdown (.

    76 Wiki.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
    • Wiki.js is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Sphinx.

    • Wiki.js is the most popular Open Source alternative to Sphinx.

    • Wiki.js is Free and Open SourceSphinx is also Free and Open Source
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    Quartz is a set of tools that helps you publish your digital garden and notes as a website for free. Quartz v4 features a from-the-ground rewrite focusing on end-user extensibility and ease-of-use.

    22 Quartz – Static Site Generator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  4. MkDocs icon
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    MkDocs is static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.

    69 MkDocs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  5. Archivy icon
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    A self-hosted knowledge repository that allows you to safely preserve useful content that contributes to your own personal, searchable and extensible wiki.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Docker
     
  6. Doxygen icon
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    Doxygen is a tool for generating documentation from annotated C++ sources, as well as other popular programming languages like C, Objective-C, C#, PHP, Java, Python, IDL (CORBA, Microsoft, and UNO/OpenOffice flavors), Fortran, VHDL, Tcl, and to some extent D.

    36 Doxygen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  7. Zensical icon
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    Zensical is re-envisioning static site generation (SSG) from first principles – delivering a next-generation architecture that's built to be the last SSG you'll ever need. Designed for technical documentation, knowledge management, and professional blogs, Zensical...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Docsie icon
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    Docsie is a multilingual documentation solution that reduces documentation time by 60% through features like collaborative editing, real-time updates, a searchable repository, interactive checklists, and AI-powered chatbots. It also enables automation, version control, media upload, and supports diverse languages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Notaku icon
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    Turn you Notion into documentation, knowledge base and blog websites.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Retype icon
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    A documentation generator that builds HTML output based on Markdown files. Supports Markdown specs and offers a wide set of custom components using Markdown-like syntax. Builds Reference Source documentation for .NET projects (more added soon).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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