This document provides a list of 31 API documentation solutions, with each listing including the name of the solution, a brief description, and a link. The solutions cover a range of formats including OpenAPI/Swagger, API Blueprint, RAML, and others. They provide functionality such as visualization of API resources, generation of documentation from code or specifications, and interactive developer portals. The list is compiled by Bill Doerrfeld and sourced from Apis.guru.
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2. Swagger UI
Visualize and interact with API resources
Swagger | Open source
Demo : http://petstore.swagger.io/
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3. Slate
Beautiful static documentation for your API
Open Source | Markdown | Ruby
Demo : https://lord.github.io/slate/
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Beautiful static documentation for your API
4. Apiary
Blueprint for API Development
API Blueprint | Swagger
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Beautiful static documentation for your API
https://apiary.io/
https://apiary.io/
5. Readme.io
Beautiful API references made easy
Swagger | Markdown
Demo : https://sample-threes.readme.io/docs
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Beautiful static documentation for your APIReadme.io
6. Gelato
Generate Developer Portals from Swagger Specs
Swagger | API Blueprint | Markdown
https://gelato.io
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Beautiful static documentation for your APIReadme.io
7. Spotlight / APIdocs.io
Supercharge Your API Strategy
OpenAPI | RAML
http://stoplight.io/platform/docs/
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Beautiful static documentation for your APIReadme.io
12. Miredot
Miredot generates REST API documentation
straight from your existing Java sources!
Java
http://www.miredot.com
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Beautiful static documentation for your APIReadme.io
16. I/O Docs โ TIBCO Mashery
Interactive API documentation system
I/O Docs | JavaScript
http://mashery.github.io/
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17. SmartDocs โ Apigee
Using SmartDocs to document APIs
WADL | Swagger
http://docs.apigee.com/management/apis
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18. ActiveDocs โ 3scale
Live API documentation
Swagger
http://www.3scale.net/api-management/interactive-api-documentation/
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19. RAML API Console โ Mulesoft
A Web Component for an interactive
REST console based on RAML ๏ฌles
RAML
http://www.3scale.net/api-management/interactive-api-documentation/
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20. ASP.NET ApiExplorer โ Microsoft
Creating Help Pages for ASP.NET Web API
C# | .NET | XML
https://www.asp.net/web-api
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Compiled by:
Bill Doerrfeld - @DoerrfeldBill
Editor in Chief, Nordic APIs
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