Sphinx
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CommentsWhat is Sphinx?
It lets you either batch index and search data stored in an SQL database, NoSQL storage, or just files quickly and easily — or index and search data on the fly, working with it pretty much as with a database server.
Sphinx is a tool in the Search category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Output formats: HTML (including Windows HTML Help), LaTeX (for printable PDF versions), ePub, Texinfo, manual pages, plain textExtensive cross-references: semantic markup and automatic links for functions, classes, citations, glossary terms and similar pieces of informationHierarchical structure: easy definition of a document tree, with automatic links to siblings, parents and childrenAutomatic indices: general index as well as a language-specific module indicesCode handling: automatic highlighting using the Pygments highlighterExtensions: automatic testing of code snippets, inclusion of docstrings from Python modules (API docs), and more
Sphinx Pros & Cons
Pros of Sphinx
- ✓Fast
- ✓Simple deployment
- ✓Open source
- ✓Lots of extentions
Cons of Sphinx
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Sphinx Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Sphinx?
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Lucene
Lucene Core, our flagship sub-project, provides Java-based indexing and search technology, as well as spellchecking, hit highlighting and advanced analysis/tokenization capabilities.
Apache Solr
It uses the tools you use to make application building a snap. It is built on the battle-tested Apache Zookeeper, it makes it easy to scale up and down.
MkDocs
It builds completely static HTML sites that you can host on GitHub pages, Amazon S3, or anywhere else you choose. There's a stack of good looking themes available. The built-in dev-server allows you to preview your documentation as you're writing it. It will even auto-reload and refresh your browser whenever you save your changes.
