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API Development & Testing
API clients, testing tools, mocking, gateways, and developer API platforms.
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, health, shipping, confidence, and then adoption as a tie-breaker.
| # | Tool | Health | Shipping | Openness | Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Strapi 🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first. | 100 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 72.3k | 100 | Active |
| 02 | Scalar Scalar is an open-source API platform: 🌐 Modern REST API Client 📖 Beautiful API References ✨ 1st-Class OpenAPI/Swagger Support | 100 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 15.2k | 100 | Active |
| 03 | Traefik The Cloud Native Application Proxy | 100 | 94 | OSI-approved OSS | 63.6k | 98 | Active |
| 04 | new-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. 🍥 | 95 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 38.5k | 97 | Active |
| 05 | Ministack Free, open-source local AWS emulator. | 93 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 3.2k | 97 | Active |
| 06 | kgateway The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway | 93 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 5.6k | 96 | Active |
| 07 | Kumo A lightweight AWS service emulator written in Go | 92 | 98 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.4k | 96 | Active |
| 08 | MCP Context Forge AI gateway, registry, and proxy for MCP, A2A, and REST/gRPC APIs. | 91 | 89 | OSI-approved OSS | 3.9k | 92 | Active |
| 09 | OpenAPI Generator OpenAPI code generator for API clients, server stubs, and documentation. | 90 | 89 | OSI-approved OSS | 26.4k | 92 | Active |
| 10 | Kuadrant MCP Gateway Envoy-based MCP gateway with auth and policy integration. | 86 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 81 | 92 | Active |
| 11 | Specmatic Open-source API development suite for contract-first testing and specification-driven workflows. | 80 | 98 | OSI-approved OSS | 381 | 91 | Active |
| 12 | MCP Assert Deterministic correctness testing for MCP servers. | 83 | 93 | OSI-approved OSS | 18 | 90 | Active |
| 13 | Apache APISIX The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway | 87 | 76 | OSI-approved OSS | 16.7k | 87 | Active |
| 14 | Requesto Lightweight self-hostable API client with no cloud or telemetry. | 78 | 83 | OSI-approved OSS | 5 | 84 | Active |
| 15 | mitmproxy An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers. | 84 | 69 | OSI-approved OSS | 43.9k | 83 | Active |
| 16 | Higress 🤖 AI Gateway | AI Native API Gateway | 81 | 72 | OSI-approved OSS | 8.6k | 83 | Active |
| 17 | Stoa Open-source MCP gateway for enterprise AI. | 68 | 89 | OSI-approved OSS | 2 | 83 | Warning |
| 18 | Previa AI-first IDE for QA and API testing. | 60 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 2 | 77 | Warning |
| 19 | testcontainers-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 | 77 | 57 | OSI-approved OSS | 4.9k | 75 | Active |
| 20 | HttpArena Open-source HTTP benchmarking platform for testing and proving API performance. | 69 | 72 | OSI-approved OSS | 71 | 75 | Warning |
| 21 | Kong 🦍 The API and AI Gateway | 78 | 42 | OSI-approved OSS | 43.6k | 72 | Warning |
| 22 | SoapUI Open-source cross-platform functional testing tool for APIs, SOAP services, REST endpoints, and web services. | 74 | 52 | License unknown | 1.7k | 72 | Warning |
| 23 | Tyk Tyk Open Source API Gateway written in Go, supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP and gRPC protocols | 73 | 48 | OSI-approved OSS | 10.7k | 72 | Warning |
| 24 | AI Gateway Native AI gateway and LLM proxy built in Rust. | 59 | 65 | OSI-approved OSS | 54 | 71 | Warning |
| 25 | API 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. | 65 | 58 | OSI-approved OSS | 2.8k | 68 | Warning |
| 26 | 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。 | 64 | 63 | License unknown | 486 | 68 | Warning |
| 27 | Easegress A Cloud Native traffic orchestration system | 69 | 29 | OSI-approved OSS | 5.9k | 61 | Warning |
| 28 | AIGC Gateway Unified OpenAI-compatible AI gateway with workflows and monitoring. | 59 | 49 | License unknown | 2 | 61 | Warning |
| 29 | Webhookx Webhook gateway for sending, managing, and routing webhooks. | 60 | 34 | OSI-approved OSS | 297 | 60 | Warning |
| 30 | Yasumu API laboratory for designing and testing API workflows. | 54 | 34 | OSI-approved OSS | 44 | 59 | Warning |
| 31 | Lura Ultra performant API Gateway with middlewares. A project hosted at The Linux Foundation | 62 | 21 | OSI-approved OSS | 6.8k | 55 | Warning |
| 32 | APIPark 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。 | 49 | 7 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.8k | 46 | Critical |
| 33 | Restfox Offline-first HTTP and socket API testing client for web and desktop. | 46 | 14 | OSI-approved OSS | 2.7k | 44 | Critical |
| 34 | Moesif Developer Portal Open-source developer portal for API productization and monetization. | 38 | 7 | OSI-approved OSS | 42 | 42 | Critical |
| 35 | VoAPI Next-generation AI model API aggregation and distribution system. | 41 | 0 | License unknown | 1k | 37 | Critical |
| 36 | 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. | 33 | 0 | License unknown | 256 | 33 | Critical |
| 37 | Llana No-code API wrapper for databases. | 28 | 0 | License unknown | 205 | 33 | Critical |
| 38 | FlyGasal Travel technology solution with client portal for flight booking and admin dashboard. | 26 | 7 | License unknown | 0 | 33 | Critical |
| 39 | APIMAN Extensible API management platform. | 28 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 882 | 32 | Critical |
| 40 | OpenTest Open-source test automation tool for web, mobile, and API testing. | 28 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 497 | 30 | Critical |
| 41 | Gotcha REST Client Open-source cross-platform API test and design client. | 11 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 206 | 23 | Critical |
Evidence Watch
Tracked tools with useful public signals but no verdict score yet.
Apidog
Apidog is a tool tracked for api development & testing signals, maintenance activity, and public release evidence.
44 confidenceOne API
LLM API 管理 & 分发系统,支持 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 适配,可用于 key 管理与二次分发。单可执行文件,提供 Docker 镜像,一键部署,开箱即用。LLM API management & key redistribution system, unifying multiple providers under a single API. Single binary, Docker-ready, with an English UI.
71 confidencePingoo
Load balancer, API gateway, and reverse proxy with service discovery.
69 confidenceprogramming-quotes-api
Programming Quotes API for open source projects.
57 confidenceTestCheck
TestCheck is a tool tracked for api development & testing signals, maintenance activity, and public release evidence.
30 confidence