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+# Overview
+
+This explains how to generate the documentation for Warpx.
+
+## Installing the requirements
+
+Install the Python requirements for compiling the documentation:
+```
+pip install sphinx breathe
+```
+and install Doxygen. Doxygen can be installed under Linux Debian by using
+```
+apt-get install doxygen
+```
+and under MacOSX by using Homebrew
+```
+brew install doxygen
+```
+
+## Compiling the documentation
+
+`cd` into this directory and type
+```
+make html
+```