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 50 alternatives to Sphinx for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac, 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. NextBook icon
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    NextBook is quick and easy way to buid technical books or documentation that support modern standards and run blazingly fast. It's built with MDX and Next.js and works by compiling markdown or MDX down to plain static html.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    Docutils is an open-source text processing system for processing plaintext documentation into useful formats, such as HTML, LaTeX, man-pages, open-document or XML. It includes reStructuredText, the easy to read, easy to use, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    37 DocFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. 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.

    111 DocPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. 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
     
  7. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. 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
     
  10. 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
     
  11. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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