TOTomte·Nov 20, 2021Submission
Furo: A clean customizable documentation theme for Sphinx
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furo
A clean customizable documentation theme for Sphinx
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What it is
A clean customizable documentation theme for Sphinx
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Mar 2021 | 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 2021 | 2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2021 | 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 2021 | 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2021 | 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2021 | 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2021 | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2021 | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesWhy use this over something like sphinx[1], which has quite a rich and established ecosystem? Combine with Furo[2] and it even looks quite similar.
[1] https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
[2] https://github.com/pradyunsg/furo
In Technical documentation that just worksThis theme was created by one of the maintainers of pip, which is where I first saw it (https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/). Here are some of the things I like about it:
- Well-chosen, proportionate font sizes and spacing.
- Table of contents sidebars for both the current page and the whole documentation site.
- Fully responsive: sidebars disappear in narrow windows or small screens, but can still be popped out.
- Clean color scheme with good contrast, and full support for dark mode (see screenshot at https://github.com/pradyunsg/furo/blob/main/README.md).
In Furo – A clean customizable documentation theme for Sphinx