TypeDoc
Documentation generator for TypeScript projects.
Documentation
For more detailed documentation, the changelog, and TypeDoc documentation rendered with TypeDoc, see https://typedoc.org.
Installation
TypeDoc runs on Node.js and is available as a NPM package.
npm install typedoc --save-dev
Usage
To generate documentation TypeDoc needs to know your project entry point and TypeScript
compiler options. It will automatically try to find your tsconfig.json file, so you can
just specify the entry point of your library:
typedoc src/index.ts
If you have multiple entry points, specify each of them.
typedoc package1/index.ts package2/index.ts
If you specify a directory, TypeDoc will use the entryPointStrategy option to determine how to resolve it.
By default, TypeDoc will search for a file called index under the directory.
Monorepos / Workspaces
If your codebase is comprised of one or more npm packages, you can build documentation for each of them individually
and merge the results together into a single site by setting entryPointStrategy to packages. In this mode TypeDoc
requires configuration to be present in each directory to specify the entry points. For an example setup, see
https://github.com/Gerrit0/typedoc-packages-example
Arguments
For a complete list of the command line arguments run typedoc --help or visit
our website.
--out <path/to/documentation/>
Specifies the location the documentation should be written to. Defaults to./docs--json <path/to/output.json>
Specifies the location and file name a json file describing the project is written to. When specified no documentation will be generated unless--outis also specified.--options
Specify a json option file that should be loaded. If not specified TypeDoc will look for 'typedoc.json' in the current directory.--tsconfig <path/to/tsconfig.json>
Specify a typescript config file that should be loaded. If not specified TypeDoc will look for 'tsconfig.json' in the current directory.--exclude <pattern>
Exclude files by the given pattern when a path is provided as source. Supports standard minimatch patterns.
Theming
--theme <default|plugin defined theme>
Specify the theme that should be used.--name <Documentation title>
Set the name of the project that will be used in the header of the template.--readme <path/to/readme|none>
Path to the readme file that should be displayed on the index page. Passnoneto disable the index page and start the documentation on the globals page.
Miscellaneous
--version
Display the version number of TypeDoc.--help
Display all TypeDoc options.
Contributing
This project is maintained by a community of developers. Contributions are welcome and appreciated. You can find TypeDoc on GitHub; feel free to open an issue or create a pull request: https://github.com/TypeStrong/typedoc
For more information, read the contribution guide.