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MkDocs vs Sphinx

A side-by-side look at MkDocs and Sphinx. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

MkDocs

MkDocs

Development

MkDocs is a fast, simple and downright gorgeous 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.

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Sphinx

Sphinx

Development

Sphinx is an open-source documentation generator and static site generator. It uses reStructuredText as its markup language and is commonly used to create technical documentation for software projects. Sphinx supports output formats like HTML, PDF, ePub and more.

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