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Tool to create intelligent and beautiful documentation. Version 9.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14.
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Package summary
Tool to create intelligent and beautiful documentation
Project links
Commands and aliases
- sphinx-apidoc
- sphinx-autogen
- sphinx-build
- sphinx-quickstart
history
Project history and usage
Sphinx is a Python documentation generator that turns reStructuredText or MyST Markdown projects into HTML, LaTeX/PDF, EPUB, manual pages, Texinfo, and other formats. It became one of the default tools of Python and open source documentation culture.
Project history
Sphinx's own documentation carries copyright years beginning in 2007, and its changelog records early 0.1 releases in March 2008. The project is now maintained by the sphinx-doc organization, with Georg Brandl listed among former maintainers and many later contributors.
Adoption history
Sphinx spread through Python packaging and documentation workflows because it combined Docutils/reStructuredText, Pygments highlighting, Jinja templating, cross-references, generated indexes, and extension hooks. Its official site highlights use by Python, the Linux Kernel, and Project Jupyter, and its installation docs cover PyPI, conda, operating-system packages, Docker, and source installs.
How it is used
The normal workflow is to create a documentation source tree, keep project settings in conf.py, and run sphinx-build or related commands such as sphinx-quickstart, sphinx-apidoc, and sphinx-autogen. Package maintainers often add Sphinx as a docs dependency and build documentation during release, CI, or distro packaging.
Why package nerds care
Sphinx matters to package nerds because it is both software and packaging infrastructure: it produces documentation for packages, ships as a Python package itself, and is widely repackaged by OS distributions. Its dependency graph, extension ecosystem, and reproducible-docs behavior frequently show up in distro builds, PyPI metadata, Read the Docs projects, and language-package documentation workflows.
Timeline
- 2007: Sphinx documentation copyright period begins.
- 2008: Sphinx 0.1 release series appears in the official changelog and PyPI history.
- 2010: Sphinx 1.0 is released.
- 2025: Sphinx 9.1.0 is published with PyPI provenance pointing back to sphinx-doc/sphinx.
Related projects
- Docutils provides the reStructuredText parsing foundation.
- Pygments provides code highlighting.
- Jinja provides templating for generated output.
- Read the Docs is a major hosting workflow for Sphinx-built documentation.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for sphinx-doc. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
conf.py
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
sphinx-apidoc | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
sphinx-autogen | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
sphinx-build | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
sphinx-quickstart | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version9.1.0
manager updated2026-06-14
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:sphinx-doc |
|---|---|
| Version | 9.1.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.sphinx-doc.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx |
| Last updated | 2026-06-14T20:49:13-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation