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Design and test an API

Describe API contracts, inspect requests, generate clients, and publish references.

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Apicurio

API tool

Open-source tools for designing APIs and managing schemas in a registry.

Good for
Teams that need shared API definitions and schema governance.

Apidog

API tool

An integrated workspace for API design, debugging, mocking, and documentation.

Good for
Keeping API contracts and test workflows in one application.

AsyncAPI

API tool

A specification and tool ecosystem for event-driven APIs.

Good for
Documenting message channels, payloads, and asynchronous integrations.

Insomnia

API tool

An API client for composing requests and organizing development workflows.

Good for
Exploring HTTP APIs and testing requests during development.

Orval

API tool

A generator that turns OpenAPI descriptions into typed clients and related tooling.

Good for
Keeping frontend API calls aligned with an API specification.

Postman

API tool

A workspace for sending requests, testing APIs, and sharing API collections.

Good for
Collaborating on request examples and repeatable API checks.

Redocly

API tool

Tools for validating API descriptions and publishing API documentation.

Good for
Turning OpenAPI files into a navigable developer reference.

Stoplight

API tool

Tools for designing and documenting APIs around shared specifications.

Good for
Reviewing API contracts before implementing endpoints.

Swagger

API tool

Tools for editing, documenting, and exploring OpenAPI-described APIs.

Good for
Publishing interactive API documentation and maintaining API definitions.

TypeSpec

API tool

A language for describing APIs and generating specifications and clients.

Good for
Maintaining an API contract that feeds multiple code generators.

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