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JSDoc

Official documentation for JSDoc.

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JSDoc is a tool for generating API documentation from JavaScript source code. The website hosts the official documentation, including getting started guides, namepath usage, command-line arguments, configuration file setup, default template configuration, block and inline tags, plugins, Markdown support, tutorials, package and README file inclusion, and examples for ES 2015 classes, ES 2015 modules, CommonJS modules, and AMD modules.

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    Covers 3 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

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    Covers 0 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

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    Covers 2 of 10 key features.

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    Covers 3 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

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    Covers 1 of 10 key features and has a free plan.

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  12. DoxyS

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