What is typedoc?

TypeDoc is a tool that automatically generates documentation websites from TypeScript source code. If you have a TypeScript project with type annotations and comments, TypeDoc reads through the code and produces HTML pages that describe what each function, class, and variable does. This makes it easier for other developers to understand and use the code without reading through all the source files manually. You install TypeDoc via npm, the standard package manager for JavaScript and TypeScript projects. Once installed, running the command "typedoc" in your project folder is often enough to get started. TypeDoc will read your tsconfig.json file to find the TypeScript compiler settings and figure out where your code lives. If it does not pick the right entry points automatically, you can specify them by passing file paths as arguments. For projects with multiple packages in a single repository, TypeDoc supports a mode where it generates documentation for each package separately and then combines them into one unified site. The output is a folder of HTML files by default, written to a "docs" directory. You can change the output location, switch to JSON output instead of HTML, or apply a custom visual theme. Options to control the documentation site include setting a project title and choosing whether to show a readme page at the top level. TypeDoc is maintained by the TypeScript community. Configuration can be done through command-line arguments or a configuration file. Full documentation, a changelog, and examples of TypeDoc rendering its own output are available at typedoc.org.