{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/4"},{"label":"Documentation","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/documentation"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"A Sphinx extension that enables BibTeX-style citations in documentation, supporting textual and parenthetical citation roles with automatic bibliography generation.","skillfed_tags":["citations","bibtex","documentation"],"use_cases":["Academic papers and technical reports where you need to cite research with standard BibTeX entries.","API documentation that references external papers, standards, or related work in a structured bibliography.","Multi-document projects where different chapters or sections maintain separate local bibliographies via footnote citations.","Converting LaTeX documentation to Sphinx while preserving BibTeX citations without manual rewriting."],"what_it_does":"sphinxcontrib-bibtex is a Sphinx extension that integrates BibTeX citation management into documentation builds. It provides two citation roles\u2014`:cite:t:` for textual citations and `:cite:p:` for parenthetical ones\u2014and a `bibliography` directive to render the full reference list. Under the hood, it uses pybtex to parse and format BibTeX entries, making it possible to write academic and technical documentation with proper citation support.\n\nThe extension supports both global bibliographies (a single bibliography across the entire project) and local per-document bibliographies using footnote-style citations with the `footcite` role and `footbibliography` directive. It has been in active development since 2012, is marked Production/Stable, and currently supports Python 3.10 through 3.14.","worth_installing":"Yes. The extension is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and solves a specific problem well\u2014adding BibTeX citations to Sphinx docs. Install friction is low and it integrates cleanly into existing Sphinx projects. Worth installing if you need structured citation management in documentation."},"id":"sphinxcontrib-bibtex","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/sphinxcontrib-bibtex","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/sphinxcontrib-bibtex.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-05-06","license_spdx":"BSD-2-Clause","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"sphinxcontrib-bibtex","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Sphinx extension for BibTeX style citations."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":981623,"position":4586,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.7.0"}