Tech Writer's Guide

API Documentation Tools

OpenAPI, GraphQL and source-code reference tooling: specification editors, linters, renderers, developer portals and SDK generators.

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Swagger

API Documentation Tools

The long-running family of OpenAPI tools, including Swagger UI, Editor and Codegen, for designing, documenting and consuming REST APIs.

swagger.io

Redocly

API Documentation Tools

The company behind the Redoc OpenAPI renderer, offering API documentation generation, linting and a hosted developer portal product.

redocly.com

Fern

API Documentation Tools

A toolchain that takes an OpenAPI description and produces SDKs in multiple languages plus a hosted interactive documentation site.

buildwithfern.com

Zuplo

API Documentation Tools

A programmable API gateway that also generates a developer portal and interactive documentation from the API's OpenAPI description.

zuplo.com

SmartBear

API Documentation Tools

The software company behind SwaggerHub and the Swagger open-source tools, offering API design, documentation and testing products.

smartbear.com

ReadMe

API Documentation Tools

A hosted developer hub platform that combines guides with an interactive API reference generated from an OpenAPI description.

readme.com

Apidog

API Documentation Tools

An integrated API platform combining design, debugging, automated testing, mocking and documentation publishing in one tool.

apidog.com

Stoplight

API Documentation Tools

An API design and documentation platform for authoring OpenAPI descriptions, generating docs and spinning up mock servers.

stoplight.io

Apiary

API Documentation Tools

An API-first design platform for describing APIs, generating documentation and providing mock servers during development.

apiary.io

Speakeasy

API Documentation Tools

A platform that generates idiomatic client SDKs, Terraform providers and API documentation from an OpenAPI description.

speakeasy.com

Scalar

API Documentation Tools

An open-source API reference renderer and client that turns an OpenAPI description into interactive documentation with a built-in request runner.

scalar.com

Bump.sh

API Documentation Tools

A platform that publishes API documentation from OpenAPI and AsyncAPI descriptions and reports diffs whenever the contract changes.

bump.sh

Treblle

API Documentation Tools

An API observability platform that monitors live traffic and can generate and keep API documentation in sync from what it observes.

treblle.com

AsyncAPI

API Documentation Tools

An open-source specification and toolchain for documenting event-driven and message-based APIs, with generators for docs and code.

asyncapi.com

OpenAPI Generator

API Documentation Tools

An open-source generator that produces client SDKs, server stubs and documentation in many languages from an OpenAPI description.

openapi-generator.tech

Theneo

API Documentation Tools

An API documentation platform that generates reference docs from a specification and hosts a private or public developer portal.

theneo.io

Kong

API Documentation Tools

An API gateway and management platform whose developer portal publishes API documentation and onboarding content for consumers.

konghq.com

Swagger Editor

API Documentation Tools

An open-source browser editor for writing OpenAPI descriptions with live validation and a rendered documentation preview.

swagger.io

Insomnia

API Documentation Tools

An open-source API client and design tool for sending requests, testing endpoints and working with OpenAPI descriptions.

insomnia.rest

Storybook

API Documentation Tools

A workshop for building and documenting UI components in isolation, doubling as living documentation of a design system.

storybook.js.org

vacuum

API Documentation Tools

A fast open-source OpenAPI linter written in Go that reports specification quality issues and supports custom rulesets.

quobix.com

Konfig

API Documentation Tools

A developer onboarding toolchain that generates SDKs, documentation, demos and tutorials from a REST API description.

konfigthis.com

Bruno

API Documentation Tools

An open-source API client that stores collections as plain files in a Git repository rather than in a cloud account.

usebruno.com

liblab

API Documentation Tools

A platform that generates SDKs, documentation and code snippets from an API specification as part of a CI pipeline.

liblab.com

Postman

API Documentation Tools

An API platform for building, testing and documenting APIs, where collections double as executable documentation.

postman.com

APIMatic

API Documentation Tools

A platform that transforms API descriptions into SDKs, code samples and a hosted developer experience portal.

apimatic.io

Spectral

API Documentation Tools

An open-source linter for OpenAPI and AsyncAPI descriptions that enforces custom API style guide rules in CI.

stoplight.io

Hoppscotch

API Documentation Tools

A lightweight open-source browser-based API client for testing REST, GraphQL and realtime endpoints.

hoppscotch.io

Doxygen

API Documentation Tools

The long-standing documentation generator for C++, C, Java and other languages, producing reference documentation from annotated source.

doxygen.nl

OpenApi.tools

API Documentation Tools

An open-source catalogue of tooling for working with OpenAPI, grouped by function such as documentation, validation and code generation.

openapi.tools

OpenAPI Specification

API Documentation Tools

The formal specification document for OpenAPI, defining the standard programming-language-agnostic interface description for HTTP APIs.

spec.openapis.org

numpydoc

API Documentation Tools

A Sphinx extension and docstring style convention originating in the NumPy project, widely adopted across scientific Python libraries.

numpydoc.readthedocs.io

Zudoku

API Documentation Tools

An open-source framework for building API documentation sites from OpenAPI descriptions, with MDX pages and an interactive playground.

zudoku.dev

Compodoc

API Documentation Tools

An open-source documentation tool for Angular applications that generates a static site describing components, modules and routes.

compodoc.app

Stainless

API Documentation Tools

A service that generates and maintains high-quality client SDKs from an OpenAPI description, used by several large API providers.

stainless.com

Widdershins

API Documentation Tools

An open-source converter that turns OpenAPI, AsyncAPI and Semoasa definitions into Slate-compatible Markdown for static API docs.

github.com

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What counts as api documentation tools?

OpenAPI, GraphQL and source-code reference tooling: specification editors, linters, renderers, developer portals and SDK generators.

What are api documentation tools?

OpenAPI, GraphQL and source-code reference tooling: specification editors, linters, renderers, developer portals and SDK generators.

Docs-as-code or a help authoring tool?

Docs-as-code suits engineering teams who want docs in Git with the code. Help authoring tools suit writers producing large, reusable content sets with output to many formats. Many teams use both.