This is an incomplete list of projects that use Sphinx for their documentation. If you would like to add a project, please create an issue or pull request on GitHub.
I've grouped the list into sections to make it easier to find interesting examples.
- Alabaster
- Blinker
- Calibre
- CherryPy
- Click (customized)
- coala (customized)
- CodePy
- Django Q
- Eve (Python REST API framework)
- Fabric
- Fityk
- Flask
- Flask-OpenID
- Invoke
- Jinja
- Lino (customized)
- Linux kernel (customized)
- marbl
- MeshPy
- Molecule
- Momotor LTI
- Podman
- PyCUDA
- PyOpenCL
- PyLangAcq
- python-apt
- PyVisfile
- Requests
- searx
- Spyder (customized)
- Tablib
- urllib3 (customized)
- Werkzeug
- Write the Docs
- Advanced Generic Widgets (customized)
- Apache CouchDB (customized)
- APSW
- Arb
- Beautiful Soup
- Blender API
- Bugzilla
- Buildbot
- CMake (customized)
- Chaco (customized)
- DEAP (customized)
- Director
- EZ-Draw (customized)
- Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) (customized)
- Genomedata
- GetFEM (customized)
- Glasgow Haskell Compiler (customized)
- Grok (customized)
- GROMACS
- GSL Shell
- Hands-on Python Tutorial
- Kaa (customized)
- Leo (customized)
- Mayavi (customized)
- MediaGoblin (customized)
- mpmath
- OpenCV (customized)
- OpenEXR
- OpenGDA
- phpDocumentor (customized)
- Plone (customized)
- PyEMD
- Pyevolve
- Pygame (customized)
- PyMQI
- PyQt4 (customized)
- PyQt5 (customized)
- Python 2
- Python 3 (customized)
- Python Packaging Authority (customized)
- Ring programming language (customized)
- SageMath (customized)
- Segway
- simuPOP (customized)
- SymPy
- TurboGears (customized)
- tvtk
- Varnish (customized, alabaster for index)
- Waf
- wxPython Phoenix (customized)
- z3c
- zc.async (customized)
- Zope (customized)
- ABRT
- cartopy
- Jython
- LLVM
- PyCantonese
- Pyre
- pySPACE
- Pysparse
- PyTango
- Python Wild Magic (customized)
- RDKit
- Reteisi (customized)
- Turbulenz
- Alembic
- Cython
- easybuild
- libLAS (customized)
- Lmod
- MapServer (customized)
- PyWavelets
- Setuptools
- Spring Python
- StatsModels (customized)
- Sylli
- Breathe (haiku)
- Breezy (fork of Bazaar) (agogo)
- MPipe (sphinx13)
- NLTK (agogo)
- PyPubSub (bizstyle)
- Pylons (pyramid)
- Pyramid web framework (pyramid)
- RxDock (bizstyle)
- Sphinx (sphinx13) :-)
- Valence (haiku, customized)
Read the Docs Sphinx Theme documentation
- Aesara (fork of Theano)
- Annotator
- Ansible (customized)
- Arcade
- aria2
- ASE
- asvin
- Autofac
- BigchainDB
- Blender Reference Manual
- Blocks
- bootstrap-datepicker
- Certbot
- CKAN
- Copr Buildsystem (customized)
- Coreboot
- Chainer (customized)
- citeproc-js
- cloud-init
- CodeIgniter
- Conda
- Corda
- Dask
- Databricks (customized)
- Dataiku DSS
- DNF
- Distro Tracker
- Django-cas-ng
- dj-stripe
- edX
- Electrum
- ESWP3
- Ethereum Homestead
- Exhale
- Faker
- Fidimag
- Flake8
- Flatpak
- FluidDyn
- Fluidsim
- Gallium
- GeoNode
- Glances
- Godot
- Graylog
- GPAW (customized)
- HDF5 for Python (h5py)
- HyperKitty
- Hyperledger Fabric
- IdentityServer
- Idris
- Inkscape (customized)
- javasphinx
- Jupyter Notebook
- Kanboard
- Lasagne
- latexindent.pl
- Learning Apache Spark with Python
- LibCEED
- Linguistica
- Mailman
- MathJax
- MDTraj (customized)
- Mesa 3D
- micca - MICrobial Community Analysis
- MicroPython
- Mink
- Mockery
- mod_wsgi
- MoinMoin
- Mopidy
- mpi4py
- MyHDL
- Mypy
- Netgate Docs
- Nextcloud Server
- Nextflow
- nghttp2
- NICOS (customized)
- OpenFAST
- Panda3D (customized)
- Pelican
- picamera
- Pillow
- pip
- Paver
- peewee
- Phinx
- phpMyAdmin
- PHPUnit
- PHPWord
- PROS (customized)
- Pweave
- pyca/cryptograhpy
- pyglet
- PyNaCl
- pyOpenSSL
- PyPy
- python-sqlparse
- PyVISA
- Read The Docs
- RenderDoc
- ROCm Platform
- Free your information from their silos (French) (customized)
- Releases Sphinx extension
- Qtile
- Quex
- QuTiP
- Sawtooth
- Scapy
- SimGrid
- SimPy
- six
- Solidity
- Sonos Controller (SoCo)
- Sphinx AutoAPI
- sphinx-argparse
- sphinx-tabs
- Sphinx-Gallery (customized)
- Sphinx with Github Webpages
- SpotBugs
- StarUML
- Sublime Text Unofficial Documentation
- SunPy
- Sylius
- Syncthing
- Tango Controls (customized)
- ThreatConnect
- TrueNAS (customized)
- Tuleap
- TYPO3 (customized)
- Veyon
- Ubiquity
- uWSGI
- virtualenv
- Wagtail
- Web Application Attack and Audit Framework (w3af)
- Weblate
- x265
- Zeek
- Zulip
Sphinx Bootstrap Theme documentation
- Bootstrap Theme
- C/C++ Software Development with Eclipse
- Dataverse
- e-cidadania
- Hangfire
- Hedge
- ObsPy
- OPNFV
- Pootle
- PyUblas
- seaborn
Pydata Sphinx Theme documentation
- Arviz
- Astropy
- Binder
- Bokeh
- CuPy
- EnOSlib
- Fairlearn
- Feature-engine
- Jupyter
- Jupyter Book
- Matplotlib
- MegEngine
- MNE-Python
- NetworkX
- Numpy
- Pandas
- PhaseFieldX
- Pystra (continuation of PyRe)
- PyVista
- SciPy
- Seaborn
- SEPAL
- AIOHTTP
- Apache Cassandra
- Boto 3
- CakePHP
- Ceph
- Chef
- CKAN
- Confluent Platform
- Django
- django CMS
- Doctrine
- Enterprise Toolkit for Acrobat products
- FreeFEM
- fmt
- Gameduino
- gensim
- GeoServer
- gevent
- GHC - Glasgow Haskell Compiler
- Guzzle
- H2O.ai
- Heka
- Istihza (Turkish Python documentation project)
- JupyterHub
- Kombu
- Lasso
- Mako
- MirrorBrain
- Mitiq
- MongoDB
- Music21
- MyHDL
- ndnSIM
- nose
- ns-3
- ObjectListView
- OpenERP
- OpenCV
- Open Dylan
- OpenTURNS
- Open vSwitch
- PlatformIO
- Psycopg
- PyEphem
- Pygments
- Plone User Manual (German)
- PSI4
- PyMOTW
- python-aspectlib (sphinx_py3doc_enhanced_theme)
- QGIS
- Roundup
- SaltStack
- scikit-learn
- Scrapy
- Selenium
- Self
- Substance D
- Sulu
- SQLAlchemy
- tinyTiM
- Twisted
- Ubuntu Packaging Guide
- WTForms
- Alan Crosswell's Using the Django REST Framework and DRF-JSONAPI
- Arizona State University PHY494/PHY598/CHM598 Simulation approaches to Bio-and Nanophysics (classic)
- Benoit Boissinot (classic, customized)
- EBI Cloud Consultancy Team (sphinx_rtd_theme)
- Eric Holscher (alabaster)
- Florian Diesch
- Institute for the Design of Advanced Energy Systems (IDAES) (sphinx_rtd_theme)
- IDAES Examples (sphinx_rtd_theme)
- Lei Ma's Statistical Mechanics lecture notes (sphinx_bootstrap_theme)
- PyXLL (sphinx_bootstrap_theme, customized)
- SciPy Cookbook (sphinx_rtd_theme)
- Tech writer at work blog (custom theme)
- UC Berkeley ME233 Advanced Control Systems II course (sphinxdoc)
- Željko Svedružić's Biomolecular Structure and Function Laboratory (BioSFLab) (sphinx_bootstrap_theme)
- "The Art of Community" (Japanese translation)
- "Die Wahrheit des Sehens. Der DEKALOG von Krzysztof Kieślowski"
- "Expert Python Programming"
- "Expert Python Programming" (Japanese translation)
- "Expert Python Programming 2nd Edition" (Japanese translation)
- "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python"
- "LassoGuide"
- "Learning Sphinx" (in Japanese)
- "Learning System Programming with Go (Japanese)"
- "Mercurial: the definitive guide (Second edition)"
- "Mithril -- The fastest clientside MVC (Japanese)"
- "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah"
- "Pomodoro Technique Illustrated" (Japanese translation)
- "Professional Software Development"
- "Python Professional Programming" (in Japanese)
- "Python Professional Programming 2nd Edition" (in Japanese)
- "Python Professional Programming 3rd Edition" (in Japanese)
- Python Course by Yuri Petrov (Russian)
- "Real World HTTP -- Learning The Internet and Web Technology via its history and code (Japanese)"
- "Redmine Primer 5th Edition (in Japanese)"
- "The repoze.bfg Web Application Framework"
- "The Self-Taught Programmer" (Japanese translation)
- "Simple and Steady Way of Learning for Software Engineering" (in Japanese)
- "Software-Dokumentation mit Sphinx"
- "Theoretical Physics Reference"
- "The Varnish Book"
- Read the Docs, a software-as-a-service documentation hosting platform, uses Sphinx to automatically build documentation updates that are pushed to GitHub.
- Spyder, the Scientific Python Development Environment, uses Sphinx in its help pane to render rich documentation for functions, classes and methods automatically or on-demand.