Sphinx Alternatives

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. DocFX icon
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    DocFX generates Documentation directly from source code (.NET, RESTful API, JavaScript, Java, etc...) and Markdown files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Doxide icon
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    Doxide is a documentation generator for C++. It is an alternative to Doxygen that aims at a more modern look and feel, with responsive design for desktop and mobile devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  3. DocPad icon
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    DocPad is a dynamic static-site generator. That is a content management system that takes content from several sources, like files on your computer, and renders them into incredibly fast static output.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Doclets.io icon
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    Doclets.io is the missing hosted and automated API-Doc generation service for Javascript. By simplifying API-Doc setup it enables you to actually focus on writing documentation!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Orchid icon
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    Orchid is a general-purpose static site generator with a focus on extensibility, and aimed at developers looking to improve their technical documentation. Orchid was born out of a desire for better-looking Javadocs and frustration with how difficult is it to manage large Jekyll...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. ReadMe icon
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    ReadMe is a completely customizable and collaborative place for dynamic API and/or product documentation. Users can play around with the API right in the docs, automatically generated from a Swagger / OAS file. It also works as a knowledge base platform.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Docpress generates websites from your project's basic documentation; that is, at the very least, a README.md file. It also supports multiple Markdown pages in docs/.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  8. Couscous icon
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    Static website generator designed for documentation. Couscous turns Markdown documentation into beautiful websites. It's GitHub Pages on steroids.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Natural Docs icon
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    Natural Docs is an open-source documentation generator for multiple programming languages. You document your code in a natural syntax that reads like plain English. Natural Docs then scans your code and builds high-quality HTML documentation from it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Perl
     
  10. Docuie icon
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    Docuie provides affordable documentation for single developers all the way up to enterprise customers. Documentation is extremely easy to set up with only a few clicks required.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. BrowseDocs icon
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    A free and open-source documentation builder and hosting tool. Easily build multi-version, multi-paged documentations for free. Make use of the inbuilt blog space to update about your library and tool your users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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