jsdoc/jsdoc
An API documentation generator for JavaScript. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6017
- days_rel: 683
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
15454 stars · 1488 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
JSDoc is an API documentation generator for JavaScript, similar to Javadoc. It parses JSDoc-style comments in source code and generates an HTML documentation website, with support for plugins, templates, and Markdown.
Use cases
- generate api documentation from jsdoc comments
- create html docs website for a javascript library
- document node.js modules and classes
- convert jsdoc comments to markdown
- add tutorials to api documentation
- customize documentation output with templates
When to choose
- you maintain a JavaScript or Node.js library and want standard JSDoc-comment-based API docs
- you need a mature, widely supported doc generator with many community templates and build-tool integrations
- you want docs generated directly from source comments without a separate type system
When to avoid
- you want TypeScript-style typed documentation from type annotations alone (consider TypeDoc)
- you need a modern all-in-one docs site framework with live examples (consider tools like Docusaurus with typedoc)
- your project is not JavaScript-based
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
documentation api-documentation parser cli plugin-system developer-tools documentation web-development apis cli cross-platform jsdoc api-docs doc-comments html-docs javascript nodejs
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1b004d7dba93
- homepage: https://jsdoc.app/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1c97d9dce4a6
- site_page: https://jsdoc.app/about-getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 73e078360c06
- site_page: https://jsdoc.app/about-namepaths · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2b270014a063
- site_page: https://jsdoc.app/about-commandline · fetched 2026-08-29 · a83f26213082
- site_page: https://jsdoc.app/about-configuring-jsdoc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0a06cc11c590
- site_page: https://jsdoc.app/about-configuring-default-template · fetched 2026-08-29 · f68b83ca421c
- site_page: https://jsdoc.app/about-block-inline-tags · fetched 2026-08-29 · 574d3e894fe7
- site_page: https://jsdoc.app/about-plugins · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7dd45a6beffc
- site_page: https://jsdoc.app/about-tutorials · fetched 2026-08-29 · d3cf26d689de
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jsdoc/jsdoc | main | 67 |
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