Sphinx-Gallery

A Sphinx extension that builds an HTML gallery of examples from any set of Python scripts. Checkout the documentation for introductions on how to use it and more...

Quickstart

Sphinx-Gallery can be used to generate an example gallery from .py files, for a library, as well as a stand-alone web page showcasing examples of a particular Python package, module, or class.

Let's get started with a simple example or checkout the

documentation for introductions on how to use it and more...

Install via pip

You can do a direct install via pip by using:

$ pip install sphinx-gallery "sphinx>=4.0" pillow

Important

Sphinx-Gallery will not manage its dependencies when installing, thus you are required to install them manually. Our minimal dependencies are Sphinx >= 4 and Pillow, which we use for scaling images.

Tip

Sphinx-Gallery also has support for scraping images from Matplotlib and Matplotlib-based packages such as Seaborn. We recommend installing system optipng binaries to reduce the file sizes of the generated PNG files.

Add examples to your docs

Let's assume simple scenario, you have a Python package with a directory structure like this:

├── doc
│   ├── conf.py
│   ├── index.rst
|   ├── make.bat
│   └── Makefile
├── my_python_module
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── mod.py
└── examples
    ├── plot_example.py
    └── README.txt (or .rst)

Enable Sphinx-Gallery by adding the following to your doc/conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_gallery.gen_gallery',
]

# path to the examples scripts
sphinx_gallery_conf = {
    'examples_dirs': '../examples',   # path to your example scripts
    'gallery_dirs': 'auto_examples',  # path to where to save gallery generated output
}

Finally just compile your docs as usual. Sphinx-Gallery will generate reST files, adding execution outputs, and save them in auto_examples/. Add a link to auto_examples/index.rst to include the gallery in your documentation.

Who uses Sphinx-Gallery

An incomplete list:

• Apache TVM
• Astropy
• auto-sklearn
• Biotite
• Cartopy
• FURY
• pyGIMLi
• HyperSpy
• kikuchipy
• Matplotlib
• MNE-Python
• Nestle
• NetworkX
• Neuraxle
• Nilearn
• OpenML
• OpenTURNS
• Optuna
• PlasmaPy
• PyGMT
• pyRiemann
• PyStruct
• PySurfer
• PyTorch tutorials
• PyVista
• pyxem
• RADIS
• scikit-image
• scikit-learn
• SimPEG
• Sphinx-Gallery
• SunPy
• Tonic
• TorchIO

Contributing

You can get the latest development source from our Github repository. You need setuptools installed in your system to install Sphinx-Gallery. For example, you can do:

$ git clone https://github.com/sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery
$ cd sphinx-gallery
$ pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt
$ conda install graphviz  # if using conda, you can get graphviz this way
$ pip install -e .

Check that you are all set by running:

$ pytest sphinx_gallery

How to cite

If you would like to cite Sphinx-Gallery you can do so using our Zenodo deposit.