# Install sphinx-doc with Homebrew, apt Tool to create intelligent and beautiful documentation. Version 9.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sphinx-doc ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sphinx-doc ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install sphinx-doc ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sphinx-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sphinx-doc - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 9.1.0 - **Source summary:** Tool to create intelligent and beautiful documentation - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-2-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T20:49:13-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sphinx-apidoc (cli) - sphinx-autogen (cli) - sphinx-build (cli) - sphinx-quickstart (cli) - sphinx-apidoc (alias) - sphinx-autogen (alias) - sphinx-build (alias) - sphinx-quickstart (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 9.1.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-14 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 Notes 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. ## 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 - Unix: conf.py ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** sphinx-doc - **Aliases:** sphinx - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 4 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - sphinx-doc - 8.1.3-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sphinx-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | documentation generator for Python projects - documentation | https://www.sphinx-doc.org/ - Ubuntu apt - sphinx-doc - 7.2.6-6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sphinx-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | documentation generator for Python projects - documentation | https://www.sphinx-doc.org/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [docutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, python, restructuredtext. - [pelican](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pelican/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python, restructuredtext, static-site-generator. - [rst-lint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rst-lint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, python, restructuredtext. - [doc8](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doc8/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, restructuredtext. - [docfx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docfx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, static-site-generator. - [docmd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docmd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, static-site-generator. - [mdbook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mdbook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, static-site-generator. - [restview](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/restview/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, restructuredtext. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sphinx-doc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sphinx-doc.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph