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typedoc vs jsdoc-to-markdown

Documentation toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
typedocv0.28.20, 5 Jul 2026

Create api documentation for TypeScript projects.

$ npm install typedoc
jsdoc-to-markdownv9.1.3, 3 Oct 2025

Generates markdown API documentation from jsdoc annotated source code

$ npm install jsdoc-to-markdown
Metrictypedocjsdoc-to-markdownDifference
Weekly downloads3,805,023184,299typedoc 20.6x higher
12-month download growth+86%+2%typedoc +84 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies58jsdoc-to-markdown 3 more
Unpacked size2.1 MB30 kBjsdoc-to-markdown 70.4x smaller
Latest release0.28.20, 5 Jul 20269.1.3, 3 Oct 2025typedoc 9 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months7--
First published24 May 2014--
GitHub stars8,4521,759typedoc 4.8x higher
Open issues1226jsdoc-to-markdown 14 more
Open pull requests70typedoc 7 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks1382typedoc 69.0x higher
TypeScript typesBundledNoneDiffers
Module formatESM onlyESM + CommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseApache-2.0MITDiffers

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

typedoc3.8m latest weekjsdoc-to-markdown184.3k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

typedoc

Major versions
  1. 0.0.124 May 2014
Last 5 releases
  1. 0.28.205 Jul 2026
  2. 0.28.1912 Apr 2026
  3. 0.28.1823 Mar 2026
  4. 0.28.1713 Feb 2026
  5. 0.28.1612 Jan 2026
256 releases in total, 7 in the last 12 months

jsdoc-to-markdown

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
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  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsjsdoc-to-markdown (typedoc: ESM only; jsdoc-to-markdown: ESM + CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()jsdoc-to-markdown
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselftypedoc (typedoc: Bundled; jsdoc-to-markdown: None)
  • Node.js version requirementtypedoc: >= 18; jsdoc-to-markdown: >=12.17 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasetypedoc (0.28.20 on 5 Jul 2026 vs 9.1.3 on 3 Oct 2025)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadstypedoc (3.8m vs 184.3k)
  • Licensetypedoc: Apache-2.0; jsdoc-to-markdown: MIT

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