The Best API Documentation Tools for Dev Teams in 2023

1. redoc

   1 40 25,312 6.9 TypeScript

   📘 OpenAPI/Swagger-generated API Reference Documentation

   

   ReDoc is a tool that's similar to Swagger UI. It also takes an OAS and renders an interactive HTML page with full API documentation details; however, it has a notable difference.

2. SurveyJS

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   SurveyJS: Build JSON-Driven Surveys and Forms with Full Data Control. Add the SurveyJS UI components to your JS app (React/Angular/Vue3). Securely collect and analyze data without sending it to 3rd-party servers. Fully customizable, works with any backend, and ideal for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

   

3. Newman

   2 389 7,142 7.3 JavaScript

   Newman is a command-line collection runner for Postman

   

   Postman is an API platform for designing and building APIs. Postman's API Documentation Tool helps you generate, edit, and publish your docs. Since Postman has one of the largest developer communities out there, it makes sense to choose Postman's API Documentation Tool if you're already integrated within their ecosystem.

4. swagger-ui

   3 167 28,463 9.3 JavaScript

   Swagger UI is a collection of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS assets that dynamically generate beautiful documentation from a Swagger-compliant API.

   

   Swagger is a set of open source tools that help you design and build an API, which you define using an OpenAPI Specification (OAS). In particular, Swagger UI is a tool that takes your OAS and automatically generates documentation for your API in an interactive HTML page.

5. github-action

   4 6 46 7.7 TypeScript

   GitHub action to deploy your API documentation on Bump (by bump-sh)

   

   Bump.sh is a tool that's swiftly gaining popularity as it combines many of the best features from the previous five entries in this roundup.

6. apiDoc

   5 5 9,721 5.3 JavaScript

   Discontinued RESTful web API Documentation Generator.

   

   Compared to the first three tools, apiDoc takes a different approach towards generating documentation. Rather than rely on an API definition file like OAS, apiDoc is a package that allows you to add documentation directly into your source code through annotations. While there are third-party libraries that can create OAS files based on code annotations, having this built-in makes apiDoc slightly better if you want to control documentation through code instead of having a separate tool.

7. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

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