Typedoc Typescript Api Documentation Generator

---
name: "TypeDoc TypeScript API Documentation Generator"
slug: "typedoc-typescript-api-documentation-generator"
description: "TypeDoc is the standard documentation generator for TypeScript projects. It reads TypeScript source code and JSDoc comments to produce structured HTML documentation or JSON models. With 8,000+ GitHub stars and widespread npm adoption, it powers API reference generation for thousands of TypeScript libraries."
github_stars: 8385
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/TypeStrong/typedoc"
category: "Library & API Reference"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "TypeStrong/typedoc"
  github_stars: 8385
  npm_package: "typedoc"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 3703073
---

# TypeDoc TypeScript API Documentation Generator

TypeDoc is the standard documentation generator for TypeScript projects. It reads TypeScript source code and JSDoc comments to produce structured HTML documentation or JSON models. It powers API reference generation for thousands of TypeScript libraries.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install typedoc --save-dev

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- TypeDoc runs on Node.js and is available as a NPM package.
- requires configuration to be present in each directory to specify the entry points. For an example setup, see

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- text
- 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 and figure

- Source: https://github.com/TypeStrong/typedoc
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TypeStrong/typedoc/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/typedoc-typescript-api-documentation-generator/)