🆚 Docusaurus vs. Sphinx

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Static site generator
Static site generator

About

Docusaurus is a static site generator for React-powered documentation websites that uses MDX and a React-based theme system.

It provides built-in document versioning, internationalization, a flexible plugin architecture, and support for Algolia DocSearch and Typesense DocSearch.

Sphinx is a documentation generator written and used by the Python community.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Docusaurus static site generator is 2.2 times more popular than Sphinx.
Total websites

Market share

Static Site Generators

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Docusaurus is more popular in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, while Sphinx is more popular in Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan.
United States
Germany
China
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Canada
Japan
Australia
Switzerland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Docusaurus is more popular among sites focused on software and hardware, Internet services, and business, while Sphinx is more commonly used on technical information, technical, business forums, and education and reference sites.
Software/Hardware
Technical Information
Internet Services
Business
Technical/Business Forums
Education/Reference
Shareware/Freeware
Blogs/Wiki
Games
Personal Pages

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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#62,206
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#5,480
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See also

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