documentationjs/documentation

Health v2 · maintenance only

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5799 stars · 481 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

documentation.js is a documentation generator for modern JavaScript that reads JSDoc-annotated source (ES5 through ES2017+, JSX, Vue, Flow) and infers parameters, types, and membership. It outputs customizable HTML, Markdown, or JSON via a CLI, Node API, or Gulp/Grunt integration.

Use cases

• generate api documentation from jsdoc comments
• build html docs site for a javascript library
• generate markdown api docs for readme
• lint jsdoc syntax in my code
• extract documentation as json
• document a vue or flow-typed codebase

When to choose

• you write JSDoc comments and want polished HTML, Markdown, or JSON output
• you need support for modern JS syntax, JSX, Vue, or Flow type annotations
• you want inferred parameter and type info to reduce manual doc effort
• you want GitHub source links embedded in generated docs

When to avoid

• your project is not JavaScript or a JS-superset language
• you need a fully active project with frequent releases - it is in maintenance mode
• you want doc tests or executable documentation examples rather than reference docs

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

documentation cli parser api-documentation documentation developer-tools web-development cli cross-platform jsdoc babel html-output markdown-output api-docs javascript nodejs

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="documentationjs/documentation")