Best API Development & Testing tools by public signals

These picks are computed from scored public evidence. Use the openness column in the ranking to separate OSI-approved, source-available, open-core, proprietary, and unverified-license tools.

Use Case Rankings

Ordered by ToolVitals score, then health, shipping, confidence, GitHub stars, and name.

#ToolHealthShippingOpennessStarsScoreStatus
01LiteLLM
Python SDK, Proxy Server (AI Gateway) to call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format, with cost tracking, guardrails, loadbalancing and logging. [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, VertexAI, Cohere, Anthropic, Sagemaker, HuggingFace, VLLM, NVIDIA NIM]
9899OSI-approved OSS58.6k99Active
02Bifrost
Fastest enterprise AI gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS.
9898OSI-approved OSS8.1k98Active
03new-api
A unified AI model hub for aggregation & distribution. It supports cross-converting various LLMs into OpenAI-compatible, Claude-compatible, or Gemini-compatible formats. A centralized gateway for personal and enterprise model management. 🍥
9897OSI-approved OSS48.1k97Active
04Ministack
Free, open-source local AWS emulator.
9897OSI-approved OSS4.6k97Active
05Bruno
Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)
9797OSI-approved OSS46.9k97Active
06Scalar
Scalar is an open-source API platform:                                       🌐 Modern REST API Client                                        📖 Beautiful API References                                        ✨ 1st-Class OpenAPI/Swagger Support
9797OSI-approved OSS16.1k97Active
07Traefik
The Cloud Native Application Proxy
9796OSI-approved OSS64.8k97Active
08AxonHub
⚡️ Open-source AI Gateway — Use any SDK to call 100+ LLMs. Built-in failover, load balancing, cost control & end-to-end tracing.
9796OSI-approved OSS5.2k97Active
09MCP Context Forge
AI gateway, registry, and proxy for MCP, A2A, and REST/gRPC APIs.
9796OSI-approved OSS4.5k97Active
10Insomnia
The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
9796OSI-approved OSS40k96Active
11WunderGraph
The open-source solution to building, maintaining, and collaborating on GraphQL Federation at Scale. The alternative to Apollo Studio and GraphOS.
9796OSI-approved OSS1.3k96Active
12Kuadrant MCP Gateway
Envoy-based MCP gateway with auth and policy integration.
9796OSI-approved OSS10096Active
13Keploy
Open-source platform for creating safe, isolated production sandboxes for API, integration, and E2E testing.
9795OSI-approved OSS18.5k96Active
14kgateway
The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway
9795OSI-approved OSS5.7k96Active
15Unkey
The Developer Platform for Modern APIs
9697OSI-approved OSS5.4k96Active
16Apache APISIX
The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway
9696OSI-approved OSS17.1k96Active
17Specmatic
Open-source API development suite for contract-first testing and specification-driven workflows.
9696OSI-approved OSS39596Active
18OpenAPI Generator
OpenAPI code generator for API clients, server stubs, and documentation.
9695OSI-approved OSS26.7k96Active
19Higress
🤖 AI Gateway | AI Native API Gateway
9694OSI-approved OSS9.4k95Active
20FakeCloud
Open-source AWS emulator with a broad local cloud service surface.
9597OSI-approved OSS54495Active
21PostgREST
REST API for any Postgres database
9595OSI-approved OSS27.7k95Active
22Inference Gateway
Cloud-native gateway unifying multiple LLM providers.
9595OSI-approved OSS21295Active
23Karate
Test Automation Made Simple
9495OSI-approved OSS9k95Active
24Membrane API Gateway
Open source API gateway with native OpenAPI support.
9594OSI-approved OSS64194Active
25testcontainers-go
Testcontainers for Go is a Go package that makes it simple to create and clean up container-based dependencies for automated integration/smoke tests. The clean, easy-to-use API enables developers to programmatically defi
9593OSI-approved OSS5k94Active
26Microcks
The open source, cloud native tool for API Mocking and Testing. Microcks is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project 🚀
9490OSI-approved OSS2k92Active
27Tyk
Tyk Open Source API Gateway written in Go, supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP and gRPC protocols
9389OSI-approved OSS10.8k92Active
28Gravitee
Gravitee.io - OpenSource API Management
9388OSI-approved OSS45491Active
29Hurl
Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.
9289OSI-approved OSS19.2k91Active
30Hasura
Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.
9288OSI-approved OSS32.1k90Active
31Hoppscotch
Open-Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI • Open-Source Alternative to Postman, Insomnia
9287OSI-approved OSS80.3k90Active
32HttpArena
Open-source HTTP benchmarking platform for testing and proving API performance.
9287OSI-approved OSS11290Active
33OkHttp
HTTP client for JVM, Android, and GraalVM applications.
9185OSI-approved OSS47.1k89Active
34mitmproxy
An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
9085OSI-approved OSS45k88Active
35API Dash
API Dash is a beautiful AI-powered open-source cross-platform (Desktop & Mobile) API Client built using Flutter which can help you easily create & customize your HTTP & GraphQL API requests, visually inspect responses and generate API integration code. A lightweight alternative to postman/insomnia.
9085OSI-approved OSS2.9k88Active
36Emissary
Kubernetes-native API gateway for microservices built on Envoy Proxy.
8985OSI-approved OSS4.5k87Active
37Kumo
A lightweight AWS service emulator written in Go
8982OSI-approved OSS1.5k86Active
38MCP Assert
Deterministic correctness testing for MCP servers.
8589OSI-approved OSS2486Active
39GhostPour
Open-source LLM API gateway with auth, multi-provider routing, and subscription-based access control.
8487OSI-approved OSS485Active
40tRPC
🧙‍♀️ Move Fast and Break Nothing. End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy.
8677OSI-approved OSS40.6k83Active
41KrakenD
KrakenD Community Edition: High-performance, stateless, declarative, API Gateway written in Go.
8579OSI-approved OSS2.7k83Active
42Tailcall
High Performance GraphQL Runtime
8579OSI-approved OSS1.4k83Active
43Requesto
Lightweight self-hostable API client with no cloud or telemetry.
8183OSI-approved OSS782Active
44Yasumu
API laboratory for designing and testing API workflows.
7273OSI-approved OSS4672Warning
45Apache JMeter
Apache JMeter open-source load testing tool for analyzing and measuring the performance of a variety of services
7456OSI-approved OSS9.5k67Warning
46Webhookx
Webhook gateway for sending, managing, and routing webhooks.
6664OSI-approved OSS29865Warning
47Fusio
Self-Hosted API Management for Builders
6554OSI-approved OSS2.1k61Warning
48Kong
🦍 The API and AI Gateway
6743OSI-approved OSS44.1k57Warning
49pREST
PostgreSQL ➕ REST, low-code, simplify and accelerate development, ⚡ instant, realtime, high-performance on any Postgres application, existing or new
6643OSI-approved OSS4.6k57Warning
50digiRunner
API gateway for microservices.
5947OSI-approved OSS30654Warning
51NyaProxy
NyaProxy acts like a smart, central manager for accessing various online services (APIs) – think AI tools (like OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic), image generators, or almost any web service that uses access keys. It helps you use these services more reliably, efficiently, and securely.
5343OSI-approved OSS98349Warning
52APIPark
Cloud native, ultra-high performance AI&API gateway, LLM API management, distribution system, open platform, supporting all AI APIs.🦄云原生、超高性能 AI&API网关,LLM API 管理、分发系统、开放平台,支持所有AI API,不限于OpenAI、Azure、Anthropic Claude、Google Gemini、DeepSeek、字节豆包、ChatGLM、文心一言、讯飞星火、通义千问、360 智脑、腾讯混元等主流模型,统一 API 请求和返回,API申请与审批,调用统计、负载均衡、多模型灾备。一键部署,开箱即用。
5637OSI-approved OSS1.8k48Warning
53Previa
AI-first IDE for QA and API testing.
5441OSI-approved OSS348Warning
54ATAC
A simple API client (postman like) in your terminal
5433OSI-approved OSS3.7k46Warning
55Stoa
Open-source MCP gateway for enterprise AI.
4935OSI-approved OSS544Critical
56Requestly
Free and open-source API Client & Interceptor.
5523OSI-approved OSS6.8k42Warning
57Lura
Ultra performant API Gateway with middlewares. A project hosted at The Linux Foundation
5424OSI-approved OSS6.8k42Warning
58Webhook.site
⚓️ Easily test HTTP webhooks with this handy tool that displays requests instantly.
4018OSI-approved OSS6.7k31Critical
59Easegress
A Cloud Native traffic orchestration system
3616OSI-approved OSS5.9k28Critical
60Pingoo
Load balancer, API gateway, and reverse proxy with service discovery.
3110OSI-approved OSS1k22Critical
61Restfox
Offline-first HTTP and socket API testing client for web and desktop.
3010OSI-approved OSS2.8k22Critical
62Choreo Connect
Open-source, cloud-native, developer-centric API gateway.
300OSI-approved OSS31718Critical
63Grafbase
The Grafbase GraphQL Federation Gateway
225OSI-approved OSS1.2k15Critical
64PomeloHook
Webhook forwarding tunnel with CLI and dashboard.
164OSI-approved OSS511Critical
65Hookflare
Open-source webhook gateway for Stripe, GitHub, and Slack.
113OSI-approved OSS08Critical
66Hooki
Open-source webhook proxy with a visual flow editor.
120OSI-approved OSS57Critical

Not Scored

Tracked for context, but excluded from rankings because comparable open/source-visible evidence is unavailable.

AIGC Gateway

Unified OpenAI-compatible AI gateway with workflows and monitoring.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

API 200

API 200 is an open source API gateway to simplify 3rd-party integrations. Import endpoints, set up caching, retries, and mocks. Access all services via one URL. Monitor logs, track errors, and get alerts on API incidents.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

Apidog

Apidog is a tool tracked for api development & testing signals, maintenance activity, and public release evidence.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

Convoy

The Cloud Native Webhooks Gateway

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

Data API

justoneapi数据接口服务。提供:淘宝、小红书、拼多多、同程旅行、京东外卖、抖音(电商)、美团、抖音(视频)、快手、蒲公英、星图、微信公众号、大众点评、哔哩哔哩、知乎、微博、贝壳、Bigo、Temu、Lazada、Shopee、SHEIN、百度指数、携程、Boss直聘、智联招聘、拉钩、今日头条、Facebook、Youtube、Instgram、Twitter。爬虫、采集、scrapy、接口、API。

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

Llana

No-code API wrapper for databases.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

LLMGateway

Route, manage, and analyze your LLM requests across multiple providers with a unified API interface.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

Nango

Build product integrations with AI.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

OpenHook

Open-source webhook debugging tool for developers.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

programming-quotes-api

Programming Quotes API for open source projects.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

Snag

Open-source webhook inspector with CLI tunnel and request console.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

SoapUI

Open-source cross-platform functional testing tool for APIs, SOAP services, REST endpoints, and web services.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

TestCheck

TestCheck is a tool tracked for api development & testing signals, maintenance activity, and public release evidence.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.

VoAPI

Next-generation AI model API aggregation and distribution system.

ToolVitals does not score proprietary or unknown-license tools because their public source evidence is not comparable to open/source-visible projects.