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Sphinx vs docfx: catalog facts
Sphinx	docfx
Free Free and open source under the BSD 2-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Strong cross-referencing, including across projects Outputs HTML, PDF via LaTeX, ePub and Texinfo	Generates API reference straight from .NET assemblies and XML comments Combines API docs with Markdown articles
reStructuredText has a learning curve Requires a Python environment	Requires the .NET SDK 8.0 or higher PDF output needs Node.js as well
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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