An API documentation generator for JavaScript.
Want to contribute to JSDoc? Please read CONTRIBUTING.md
.
JSDoc supports stable versions of Node.js 8.15.0 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
Note: By default, npm adds your package using the caret operator in front of
the version number (for example, ^3.6.3
). We recommend using the tilde
operator instead (for example, ~3.6.3
), which limits updates to the most
recent patch-level version. See
this Stack Overflow answer for
more information about the caret and tilde operators.
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.
The JSDoc community has created templates and other tools to help you generate and customize your documentation. Here are a few of them:
- jaguarjs-jsdoc
- DocStrap (example)
- jsdoc3Template (example)
- minami
- docdash (example)
- tui-jsdoc-template (example)
- better-docs (example)
- doc-server — A Gemini server for serving JSDoc documentation. Written in TypeScript, runs on Deno. Motivation: developers are big terminal users, and Gemini is a more convenient platform than the Web for browsing content from the terminal.
- 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.
JSDoc is copyright (c) 2011-present Michael Mathews [email protected] and the contributors to JSDoc.
JSDoc is free software, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the
LICENSE
file for more details.