🆚 JSDoc vs. MkDocs

JSDoc is an API documentation generator for JavaScript, similar to Javadoc or phpDocumentor.

MkDocs is an open-source static site generator for building project documentation from Markdown files with a simple configuration-driven workflow.

It uses a single YAML configuration file to define navigation and site settings, includes a built-in development server with live reloading, supports theming and plugins, and provides one-command deployment to GitHub Pages.

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