# Install dox with npm

Markdown / JSdoc documentation generator. Version 1.0.0 via npm; verified 2022-09-07.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:dox
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g dox
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:dox
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/dox>
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Source summary:** Markdown / JSdoc documentation generator
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/tj/dox>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/visionmedia/dox>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/tj/dox>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/dox/-/dox-1.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/visionmedia/dox/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-09-07T00:10:20.751Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-07T00:10:20.751Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00

## Executables

- dox (cli)
- dox (alias)

## Dependencies

- commander
- jsdoctypeparser
- markdown-it

## Build dependencies

- mocha
- should

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-10
- Package-manager version: 1.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2022-09-07
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/visionmedia/dox
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dox. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 1.0.0
- **Version Count:** 32
- **Maintainers:** evindor, tjholowaychuk, twipped
- **Author:** TJ Holowaychuk
- **Publisher:** twipped
- **Integrity:** sha512-y0borLgGiqcXigOItzeBvWEPtZ5tkKMZ7MTa/9xhVCUz6sU1quXTTvbJGOLFZAu/4/nlj2Ui02A/tLqQFBXo+w==
- **Shasum:** 75e7fe95ff7b2d7fe49a96c1e522f7c9364568bd
- **Unpacked Size:** 46,047
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-01-20T19:20:53.373Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-09-07T00:10:20.751Z
- **Modified At:** 2023-07-12T19:11:45.287Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [jsdoc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/jsdoc/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, docs, documentation.
- [docco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/docco/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, commander, developer, developer-tools, docs.
- [yuidocjs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yuidocjs/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, docs, documentation.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph