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Generate API documentation straight into the Readme file from TypeScript typings

Generate Readme from TypeScript

Small tool to automatically generate your API documentation straight into your readme.md from your TypeScript typings.

Note: This is very much a work in progress. I'm currently going through my projects one by one and replacing the API docs with generated ones, improving this module as I go. Don't expect it to work with most modules just yet.

Installation

npm install --global ts-readme-generator

Usage

Make sure that your readme.md contains a ## API section (or ## Props if it's a React module), then simply run the command to update your Readme file from the TypeScript definitions.

ts-readme-generator

You can also run the script in "check mode" to make it exit with a non-zero status if the documentation isn't up to date.

ts-readme-generator --check

Examples

Check out these projects using ts-readme-generator:

If you are using this in a public project, please send a PR to add it to this list!