JSDoc
Documentation generator that builds HTML API documentation from comments placed in JavaScript source code.
JSDoc is an API documentation generator for JavaScript. It scans JavaScript source code and generates an HTML documentation website from it, as its getting started guide describes. The Apache-2.0 licensed project is copyright Michael Mathews and the contributors to JSDoc, according to its README.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Michael Mathews1
- Maintained by
- Individual1
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- npm install -g jsdoc1
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-22: name, License, License model, Maintainer, Maintained by, Runtime, Install with
github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc/blob/main/README.md - 2026-10-22: links
jsdoc.app/ - 2026-10-22: links, Written in, Categories, GitHub stars
github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc - 2026-10-22: links
jsdoc.app/about-getting-started.html - 2026-10-22: Minimum runtime, Current major version, Last release
registry.npmjs.org/jsdoc/latest - 2026-10-22: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/jsdoc - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/jsdoc