Options

TypeDoc accepts most of the command line arguments that the TypeScript compiler accepts. All command line arguments that are passed in without a flag will be parsed as input files. TypeDoc also accepts directories as input files. Any options passed on the command line will override options set in a configuration file.

$ typedoc --out path/to/documentation/ path/to/typescript/project/

Configuration Options

These options control where TypeDoc reads its configuration from.

options

$ typedoc --options <filename>

Specify a json option file that should be loaded. If not specified TypeDoc will look for typedoc.json and typedoc.js in the current directory. The JSON file should return an object whose keys are the option names. For example:

{
  "entryPoints": ["./src/index.ts", "./src/secondary-entry.ts"],
  "out": "doc"
}

tsconfig

$ typedoc --tsconfig </path/to/tsconfig.json>

Specify a tsconfig.json file that options should be read from. If not specified TypeDoc will look for tsconfig.json in the current directory and parent directories like tsc does.

When TypeDoc loads a tsconfig.json file, it also will read TypeDoc options declared under the typedocOptions key.

Input Options

These options control what files TypeDoc processes to generate documentation and how the files are processed.

entryPoints

$ typedoc a b
# or
$ typedoc --entryPoints a --entryPoints b

Specifies the entry points to be documented by TypeDoc. TypeDoc will examine the exports of these files and create documentation according to the exports. Either files or directories may be specified. If a directory is specified, all source files within the directory will be included as an entry point, unless excluded by --exclude.

exclude

$ typedoc --exclude "**/*+(index|.spec|.e2e).ts"

Exclude files by the given pattern when a path is provided as source. Supports minimatch patterns. In configuration files, this option accepts an array of patterns. On the command line, it may be specified multiple times to add multiple patterns. This option will only be used to filter entry points specified under directories.

externalPattern

$ typedoc --externalPattern 'lib/**/*.ts' --externalPattern 'external/**/*.ts'

Define patterns for extra files that should be considered external. Can be used along with --excludeExternals to remove external modules from the documentation.

excludeExternals

$ typedoc --excludeExternals

Prevent externally resolved TypeScript files from being documented. Defaults to false.

excludePrivate

$ typedoc --excludePrivate

Removes private class members from the generated documentation. Defaults to false.

excludeProtected

$ typedoc --excludeProtected

Removes protected class members from the generated documentation. Defaults to false.

excludeInternal

$ typedoc --excludeInternal

Removes symbols annotated with the @internal doc tag. Defaults to true if the stripInternal compiler option is set to true, otherwise defaults to false.

media

$ typedoc --media <path/to/media/>

Specifies a media directory that will be copied to the output file. Media can be linked to with media://file.jpg in doc comments.

includes

$ typedoc --includes <path/to/includes/>

Specifies a directory with files that can be injected into the generated documentation with [[include:file.md]] in a doc comment.

Output Options

These options control TypeDoc's output.

out

$ typedoc --out <path/to/documentation/>

Specifies the location the html documentation should be written to. The HTML output produced by running TypeDoc on itself can be seen at /api.

json

$ typedoc --json <path/to/out-file.json>

Specifies the location to output a JSON file containing all of the reflection data. An example of the JSON output from running TypeDoc on itself can be seen at /api/docs.json.

emit

$ typedoc --emit

Instructs TypeDoc to write compiled output files as tsc does.

theme

$ typedoc --theme <default|minimal|path/to/theme>

Specify the path to the theme that should be used. TypeDoc includes the default and minimal themes, which may be specified without the full path to the theme.

highlightTheme

$ typedoc --highlightTheme dark-plus

Specify the Shiki theme to be used to highlight code snippets.

markedOptions

Specifies the options that are forwarded to Marked when parsing doc comments. By default TypeDoc overrides the default values used by Marked with the ones shown below:

{
  "markedOptions": {
    "mangle": false
  }
}

See the options section on the Marked site for a full list of available options.

name

$ typedoc --name <Documentation title>

Set the name of the project that will be used in the header of the template. The name defaults to the package name and current version according to your package.json.

includeVersion

$ typedoc --name "Name" --includeVersion

Adds the package version to the project's name. In this case, if the project was on version 1.2.3 according to package.json, this would generate documentation called "Name - v1.2.3"

disableSources

$ typedoc --disableSources

Disables the defined in text describing where a reflection was created.

excludeTags

$ typedoc --excludeTags apidefine

Specify tags that should be removed from doc comments when parsing. Useful if your project uses apiDoc for documenting RESTful web APIs.

readme

$ typedoc --readme <path/to/readme|none>

Path to the readme file that should be displayed on the index page. Pass none to disable the index page and start the documentation on the globals page.

categorizeByGroup

$ typedoc --categorizeByGroup false

This flag categorizes reflections by group (within properties, methods, etc). To allow methods and properties of the same category to be grouped together, set this flag to false. Defaults to true.

defaultCategory

$ typedoc --defaultCategory "Category Name"

Sets the name for the default category which is used when only some elements of the page are categorized. Defaults to 'Other'

categoryOrder

command line:

$ typedoc --categoryOrder "Category Name" --categoryOrder "Other Category" --categoryOrder "*"

typedoc.json:

{
  "categoryOrder": ["Category Name", "Other Category", "*"]
}

Array option which allows overriding the order categories display in. A string of * indicates where categories that are not in the list should appear.

By default, categories are displayed alphabetically. If unknown categories are found, they will be listed at the end by default.

gitRevision

$ typedoc --gitRevision <revision|branch>

Use specified revision or branch instead of the last revision for linking to GitHub source files.

gitRemote

$ typedoc --gitRemote <remote>

Use the specified git remote instead of origin for linking to GitHub source files. You can use git remote to view a list of valid remotes. If you are updating documentation for a forked package, you probably want to pass --gitRemote upstream.

gaID

$ typedoc --gaID

Set the Google Analytics tracking ID and activate tracking code.

gaSite

$ typedoc --gaSite <site>

Set the site name for Google Analytics. Defaults to auto.

hideGenerator

$ typedoc --hideGenerator

Do not print the TypeDoc link at the end of the page. Defaults to false.

toc

$ typedoc --toc EntryClass,ImportantInterface

{
  "toc": ["EntryClass", "ImportantInterface"]
}

Overrides the "globals" navigation sidebar to only include the types provided in the "toc" whitelist. This is useful in large projects where there may be an unwieldy number of Globals in the sidebar.

disableOutputCheck

$ typedoc --disableOutputCheck

Disables checking and clearing of the output directory specified with --out.

General Options

Options which don't fit elsewhere.

watch

$ typedoc --watch

Use TypeScript's incremental compiler to watch source files for changes and build the docs on change. May be combined with --emit.

Note: This mode will only detect changes to files watched by the TypeScript compiler. Changes to other files (README.md, imported files with --includes) will not cause a rebuild.

preserveWatchOutput

$ typedoc --watch --preserveWatchOutput

By default, --watch clears the screen between compilation steps. If --preserveWatchOutput is specified, this behavior is disabled.

help

$ typedoc --help

Print all available options, along with a short description. Also prints a list of supported highlighting languages.

version

$ typedoc --version

Prints TypeDoc's version.

showConfig

$ typedoc --showConfig

Print TypeDoc's config and exit. Useful for debugging what options have been loaded.

plugin

$ typedoc --plugin <none|plugin>

Specifies the plugins that should be loaded. By default, all installed npm packages with typedocplugin in their keywords will be loaded.

logger

$ typedoc --logger <none|Function>

Specifies the logger to write output to. When using TypeDoc programmatically, a function may be specified that will be called with the log message. By default, logs to the console. none may be passed to disable logging.

logLevel

$ typedoc --logLevel Verbose

Specifies the log level to be printed to the console. Defaults to Info. The available levels are:

• Verbose - Print all log messages, may include debugging information intended for TypeDoc developers
• Info - Print informational log messages along with warning and error messages
• Warn - Print warning and error messages
• Error - Print only error messages

listInvalidSymbolLinks

$ typedoc --listInvalidSymbolLinks

Tells TypeDoc to report any [[symbol name]] links that are broken.