Sphinx converts reStructuredText files into HTML websites and other formats including PDF, EPub, Texinfo and man.

[2] Popular themes that can be installed as Python modules include:[3] The first public release, version 0.1.61611, was announced on March 21, 2008.

[9] Since its introduction in 2008, Sphinx has been adopted by many other important Python projects, including Bazaar, SQLAlchemy, MayaVi, SageMath, SciPy, Django and Pylons.

[11] In 2010, Eric Holscher announced[12] the creation of the Read the Docs project as part of an effort to make maintenance of software documentation easier.

Read the Docs automates the process of building and uploading Sphinx documentation after every commit.