Tools to Build and Host your Documentation

The most common tool for building documentation in the Python ecosystem currently is Sphinx. However, some maintainers are using tools like mkdocs for documentation. It is up to you to use the platform that you prefer for your documentation!

In this section, we introduce Sphinx as a common tool to build documentation. We talk about various syntax options that you can use when writing Sphinx documentation including mySt and rST.

We also talk about ways to publish your documentation online and Sphinx tools that might help you optimize your documentation website.