# Generating LivingDoc using CLI

SpecFlow+LivingDoc Generator allows you to generate a local or self-hosted HTML of your Gherkin Feature Files without the need of Azure DevOps. You also have the option to generate documentation **with or without test results**.

## Generation excluding test results

In order to generate your living documentation without test execution results, you need to:

1. [Install](Installing-the-command-line-tool.md) the command line tool

1. [Execute](Using-the-command-line-tool.md) the command line tool to generate the documentation.

## Generation including test results

In order to generate your living documentation with test execution results, you need to:

1. Setup the [SpecFlow.Plus.LivingDocPlugin](Setup-the-LivingDocPlugin.md) for your SpecFlow project (if you have created the project using the [SpecFlow Visual Studio project template](https://docs.specflow.org/projects/specflow/en/latest/Installation/Project-and-Item-Templates.html), this dependency should already be there).

1. Build your project.

1. Run your tests. This will generate a **TestExecution.json** next to your TestAssembly which is needed in the next step.

1. [Install](Installing-the-command-line-tool.md) the command line tool

1. [Execute](Using-the-command-line-tool.md) the command line tool and make sure to pass the test execution JSON files to the CLI.