Static site generators
Sphinx privacy rating
Documentation generator written in Python that builds HTML, PDF, ePub and other formats from reStructuredText or Markdown, with cross-references and API docs extracted from code.
Summary
Sphinx scores 55 out of 100 (grade D) on the static site generators criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: open source. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit.
Score 55 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
BSD-2-Clause licensed.
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The tool has no telemetry, but sphinx-doc.org is hosted on Read the Docs, whose script records page views for Read the Docs traffic analytics and loads EthicalAds.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
The documentation site on Read the Docs shows contextual EthicalAds; the software itself has no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.