Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
1warn against
Dec 14, 2025first mention
Dec 15, 2025latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used fortype annotations in plain javascriptcode documentationtyping web softwaretyping javascript

Why people recommend it

“For me the JSDoc has more benefits.”

has used JSDoc for several yearson “JSDoc is TypeScript”

“I also use plain JSDoc for documentation.”

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“It's awesome stuff, and I'm happy that TypeScript works so well with JSDoc!”

Caveats and dissent

“I don't recommend anyone going in this other direction unless they understand what they are getting into.”

works in a codebase without TypeScript supporton “JSDoc is TypeScript”

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Who recommends it in their own words

All comments 4

“For me the JSDoc has more benefits.”

has used JSDoc for several yearson “JSDoc is TypeScript”

“I also use plain JSDoc for documentation.”

“It's awesome stuff, and I'm happy that TypeScript works so well with JSDoc!”

“I don't recommend anyone going in this other direction unless they understand what they are getting into.”

works in a codebase without TypeScript supporton “JSDoc is TypeScript”

Threads where it came up

Data: jsdoc.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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