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title: "Stoplight"
description: "Tools for designing and documenting APIs around shared specifications."
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<PurposeNote title="Good for">Reviewing API contracts before implementing endpoints.</PurposeNote>

## What it does

Tools for designing and documenting APIs around shared specifications.

## When it fits

Reviewing API contracts before implementing endpoints.

## Other options in this category

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- [Apicurio](/api-tools/apicurio) — Teams that need shared API definitions and schema governance.
- [Apidog](/api-tools/apidog) — Keeping API contracts and test workflows in one application.
- [AsyncAPI](/api-tools/asyncapi) — Documenting message channels, payloads, and asynchronous integrations.
- [Insomnia](/api-tools/insomnia) — Exploring HTTP APIs and testing requests during development.
- [Orval](/api-tools/orval) — Keeping frontend API calls aligned with an API specification.

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## Source

[Project source for Stoplight ↗](https://stoplight.io/solutions)

Editorial overview reviewed on October 24, 2026. Follow the source for current setup, compatibility, and licensing.

[Design and test an API →](/tasks/design-and-test-an-api)

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