Package list

Packages for documentation

Python Packages for code documentation.

Package	Comment	Downloads/day	Recent releases ⓘ	GitHub Stars
sphinx	The classic among Python documentation generators. Sphinx supports reStructuredText and Markdown and can be extended with many plugins.	2.3M	12	·
mkdocs	Project documentation with Markdown. Many consider it simpler and nicer than Sphinx.	411K	0	·
pdoc	Generates API documentation for Python projects from docstrings.	59K	1	·
pycco	Literate-programming-style documentation generator. Pycco was a Python port of Docco. It is no longer maintained.	291	0	·
docutils	Docutils (Python Documentation Utilities) processes documentation into useful formats, such as HTML, XML, and LaTeX. It is used by Sphinx.	6.8M	9	·
breathe	A Sphinx extension to generate Doxygen output.	43K	2	·
mkdocs-material	Material for MkDocs: Static site generation from Markdown based MkDocs.	443K	16	·
zensical	A newer static site generation tool by the creators of Material for MkDocs.	10K	43	·

sphinx-autoapiSphinx API documentation generator
pdoc3Auto-generate API documentation for Python projects.
furoA clean customisable Sphinx documentation theme.
sphinxcontrib-httpdomainSphinx extension that provides a domain for documenting HTTP APIs.
sphinxcontrib-websupportsphinxcontrib-websupport provides a Python API to easily integrate Sphinx documentation into your Web application
mkdocstringsAutomatic documentation from sources, for MkDocs.
sphinx-book-themeA clean book theme for scientific explanations and documentation with Sphinx
recommonmarkA docutils-compatibility bridge to CommonMark, enabling you to write CommonMark inside of Docutils & Sphinx projects.
sphinx-galleryA Sphinx extension that builds an HTML gallery of examples from any set of Python scripts.
docxtplPython docx template engine

sphinx-autoapiSphinx API documentation generator
pdoc3Auto-generate API documentation for Python projects.
furoA clean customisable Sphinx documentation theme.
sphinxcontrib-httpdomainSphinx extension that provides a domain for documenting HTTP APIs.
sphinxcontrib-websupportsphinxcontrib-websupport provides a Python API to easily integrate Sphinx documentation into your Web application
mkdocstringsAutomatic documentation from sources, for MkDocs.
sphinx-book-themeA clean book theme for scientific explanations and documentation with Sphinx
recommonmarkA docutils-compatibility bridge to CommonMark, enabling you to write CommonMark inside of Docutils & Sphinx projects.
sphinx-galleryA Sphinx extension that builds an HTML gallery of examples from any set of Python scripts.
docxtplPython docx template engine

Package	Comment	Downloads/day	Recent releases ⓘ	GitHub Stars
sphinx	The classic among Python documentation generators. Sphinx supports reStructuredText and Markdown and can be extended with many plugins.	2.3M	12	8,097·
mkdocs	Project documentation with Markdown. Many consider it simpler and nicer than Sphinx.	411K	0	21,387·
pdoc	Generates API documentation for Python projects from docstrings.	59K	1	1,917·
pycco	Literate-programming-style documentation generator. Pycco was a Python port of Docco. It is no longer maintained.	291	0	—·
docutils	Docutils (Python Documentation Utilities) processes documentation into useful formats, such as HTML, XML, and LaTeX. It is used by Sphinx.	6.8M	9	—·
breathe	A Sphinx extension to generate Doxygen output.	43K	2	179·
mkdocs-material	Material for MkDocs: Static site generation from Markdown based MkDocs.	443K	16	25,243·
zensical	A newer static site generation tool by the creators of Material for MkDocs.	10K	43	1,444·