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vue-docgen-api vs jsdoc-to-markdown

Documentation toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
vue-docgen-apiv4.79.2, 1 Aug 2024

Toolbox to extract information from Vue component files for documentation generation purposes.

$ npm install vue-docgen-api
jsdoc-to-markdownv9.1.3, 3 Oct 2025

Generates markdown API documentation from jsdoc annotated source code

$ npm install jsdoc-to-markdown
Metricvue-docgen-apijsdoc-to-markdownDifference
Weekly downloads838,880184,299vue-docgen-api 4.6x higher
12-month download growth+64%+2%vue-docgen-api +61 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies128vue-docgen-api 4 more
Unpacked size790 kB30 kBjsdoc-to-markdown 26.1x smaller
Latest release4.79.2, 1 Aug 20249.1.3, 3 Oct 2025jsdoc-to-markdown 14 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months0--
First published11 Jun 2017--
GitHub stars2,4921,759vue-docgen-api +42%
Open issues7926vue-docgen-api 53 more
Open pull requests210vue-docgen-api 21 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks62vue-docgen-api 3.0x higher
TypeScript typesBundledNoneDiffers
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

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.

vue-docgen-api840.8k 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.

vue-docgen-api

Major versions
  1. 1.0.011 Jun 2017
  2. 2.0.020 Jun 2017
  3. 3.0.021 Jan 2019
  4. 4.0.015 Nov 2019
Last 5 releases
  1. 4.79.21 Aug 2024
  2. 4.79.18 Jul 2024
  3. 4.78.021 Mar 2024
  4. 4.76.06 Mar 2024
  5. 4.75.120 Nov 2023
253 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

jsdoc-to-markdown

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
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  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfvue-docgen-api (vue-docgen-api: Bundled; jsdoc-to-markdown: None)
  • Node.js version requirementvue-docgen-api: none declared; jsdoc-to-markdown: >=12.17 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasejsdoc-to-markdown (9.1.3 on 3 Oct 2025 vs 4.79.2 on 1 Aug 2024)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsvue-docgen-api (838.9k vs 184.3k)

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