How to open Javadoc JAR file in web browser Rename the file lis-commons-jdbc-test-1.9.6-javadoc.jar to lis-commons-jdbc-test-1.9.6-javadoc.zip Use your favourite unzip tool (WinRAR / WinZIP) to extract it, now you have a folder lis-commons-jdbc-test-1.9.6-javadoc Double click index.html will open the index page on your default web browser. How to generate Javadoc from a source JAR? Running the command javadoc: javadoc --ignore-source-errors -encoding UTF-8 -sourcepath "lis-commons-jdbc-test-1.9.6-sources.jar" -d "lis-commons-jdbc-test-1.9.6-javadoc" -subpackages