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+.. pySerial documentation master file
+.. _welcome:
+
+Welcome to pySerial's documentation
+===================================
+
+
+This module encapsulates the access for the serial port. It provides backends
+for Python_ running on Windows, OSX, Linux, BSD (possibly any POSIX compliant
+system) and IronPython. The module named "serial" automatically selects the
+appropriate backend.
+
+Other pages (online)
+
+- `project page on GitHub`_
+- `Download Page`_ with releases
+- This page, when viewed online is at https://pyserial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ or
+ http://pythonhosted.org/pyserial/ .
+
+.. _Python: http://python.org/
+.. _`project page on GitHub`: https://github.com/pyserial/
+.. _`Download Page`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial
+
+
+Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ pyserial
+ shortintro
+ pyserial_api
+ tools
+ url_handlers
+ examples
+ appendix
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`
+