🆚 Hexo vs. Sphinx

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Sphinx is as popular as Hexo.
🌎 Sphinx is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Hexo is more popular in China, Italy, and Turkey.

Hexo

Sphinx

Type

Static site generator

About

Hexo is a Node.js-powered static site generator.

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

Website

hexo.io #214,341

sphinx-doc.org #801,673

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Sphinx static site generator is as popular as Hexo.

Total websites

Market share

Static Site Generators

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Sphinx is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Hexo is more popular in China, Italy, and Turkey.

China

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

Netherlands

Sweden

Norway

France

Russia

Awards

🥇 Most popular in China in the Static Site Generators category.

⭐ 5th most popular in Germany in the Static Site Generators category.
⭐ 6th most popular in the United States in the Static Site Generators category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Sphinx is more popular among sites focused on software and hardware, technical information, and technical, business forums, while Hexo is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, business, and travel sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Technical Information

Business

Technical/Business Forums

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Travel

Personal Pages

Shareware/Freeware