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# JSDoc
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[](http://travis-ci.org/jsdoc/jsdoc)
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An API documentation generator for JavaScript.
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Want to contribute to JSDoc? Please read `CONTRIBUTING.md`.
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Installation and Usage
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JSDoc supports stable versions of Node.js 8.15.0 and later. You can install
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JSDoc globally or in your project's `node_modules` folder.
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To install the latest version on npm globally (might require `sudo`;
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[learn how to fix this](https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally)):
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npm install -g jsdoc
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To install the latest version on npm locally and save it in your package's
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`package.json` file:
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npm install --save-dev jsdoc
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**Note**: By default, npm adds your package using the caret operator in front of
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the version number (for example, `^3.6.3`). We recommend using the tilde
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operator instead (for example, `~3.6.3`), which limits updates to the most
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recent patch-level version. See
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[this Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22343224) for
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more information about the caret and tilde operators.
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To install the latest development version locally, without updating your
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project's `package.json` file:
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npm install git+https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc.git
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If you installed JSDoc locally, the JSDoc command-line tool is available in
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`./node_modules/.bin`. To generate documentation for the file
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`yourJavaScriptFile.js`:
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./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc yourJavaScriptFile.js
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If you installed JSDoc globally, run the `jsdoc` command:
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jsdoc yourJavaScriptFile.js
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By default, the generated documentation is saved in a directory named `out`. You
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can use the `--destination` (`-d`) option to specify another directory.
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Run `jsdoc --help` for a complete list of command-line options.
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## Templates and tools
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The JSDoc community has created templates and other tools to help you generate
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and customize your documentation. Here are a few of them:
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### Templates
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+ [jaguarjs-jsdoc](https://github.com/davidshimjs/jaguarjs-jsdoc)
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+ [DocStrap](https://github.com/docstrap/docstrap)
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([example](https://docstrap.github.io/docstrap))
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+ [jsdoc3Template](https://github.com/DBCDK/jsdoc3Template)
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([example](https://github.com/danyg/jsdoc3Template/wiki#wiki-screenshots))
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+ [minami](https://github.com/Nijikokun/minami)
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+ [docdash](https://github.com/clenemt/docdash)
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([example](http://clenemt.github.io/docdash/))
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+ [tui-jsdoc-template](https://github.com/nhnent/tui.jsdoc-template)
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([example](https://nhnent.github.io/tui.jsdoc-template/latest/))
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+ [better-docs](https://github.com/SoftwareBrothers/better-docs)
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([example](https://softwarebrothers.github.io/admin-bro-dev/index.html))
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### Build tools
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+ [JSDoc Grunt plugin](https://github.com/krampstudio/grunt-jsdoc)
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+ [JSDoc Gulp plugin](https://github.com/mlucool/gulp-jsdoc3)
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### Other tools
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+ [jsdoc-to-markdown](https://github.com/jsdoc2md/jsdoc-to-markdown)
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+ [Integrating GitBook with
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JSDoc](https://medium.com/@kevinast/integrate-gitbook-jsdoc-974be8df6fb3)
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## For more information
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+ Documentation is available at [jsdoc.app](https://jsdoc.app/).
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+ Contribute to the docs at
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[jsdoc/jsdoc.github.io](https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc.github.io).
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+ [Join JSDoc's Slack channel](https://jsdoc-slack.appspot.com/).
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+ Ask for help on the
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[JSDoc Users mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/jsdoc-users).
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+ Post questions tagged `jsdoc` to
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[Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/jsdoc).
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## License
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JSDoc 3 is copyright (c) 2011-present Michael Mathews <micmath@gmail.com> and
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the [contributors to JSDoc](https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc/graphs/contributors).
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JSDoc 3 is free software, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See
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the file `LICENSE.md` in this distribution for more details.
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