jsdoc

JSDoc

An API documentation generator for JavaScript.

Want to contribute to JSDoc? Please read CONTRIBUTING.md.

Installation and Usage

JSDoc supports stable versions of Node.js 12.0.0 and later. You can install JSDoc globally or in your project's node_modules folder.

To install the latest version on npm globally (might require sudo; learn how to fix this):

npm install -g jsdoc

To install the latest version on npm locally and save it in your package's package.json file:

npm install --save-dev jsdoc

To install the latest development version locally, without updating your project's package.json file:

npm install git+https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc.git

If you installed JSDoc locally, the JSDoc command-line tool is available in ./node_modules/.bin. To generate documentation for the file yourJavaScriptFile.js:

./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc yourJavaScriptFile.js

If you installed JSDoc globally, run the jsdoc command:

jsdoc yourJavaScriptFile.js

By default, the generated documentation is saved in a directory named out. You can use the --destination (-d) option to specify another directory.

Run jsdoc --help for a complete list of command-line options.

Templates and tools

The JSDoc community has created templates and other tools to help you generate and customize your documentation. Here are a few of them:

Templates

• jaguarjs-jsdoc
• DocStrap (example)
• jsdoc3Template (example)
• minami
• docdash (example)
• tui-jsdoc-template (example)
• better-docs (example)

Build tools

• JSDoc Grunt plugin
• JSDoc Gulp plugin

Other tools

• jsdoc-to-markdown
• Integrating GitBook with JSDoc

For more information

• Documentation is available at jsdoc.app.
• Contribute to the docs at jsdoc/jsdoc.github.io.
• Join JSDoc's Slack channel.
• Ask for help on the JSDoc Users mailing list.
• Post questions tagged jsdoc to Stack Overflow.

License

JSDoc is copyright (c) 2011-present Michael Mathews [e-mail] and the contributors to JSDoc.

JSDoc is free software, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the file LICENSE.md in this distribution for more details.

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