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A collaborative list of great resources about RESTful API architecture, development, test, and performance

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typicode/json-server

Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)

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JavaScript npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#api #fake #frontend #json #mock #rest

Updated: 2026-03-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-30
License: MIT
Issues: 719 open

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Forks: 7,268
Commits: 1,042 commits
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Kong/insomnia

The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

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TypeScript Electron Express React Tailwind CSS npm

GitHub topics

#api #api-client #api-design #curl #electron-app #graphql

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-16
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 864 open

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Forks: 2,359
Commits: 6,389 commits
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marmelab/react-admin

A frontend Framework for single-page applications on top of REST/GraphQL APIs, using TypeScript, React and Material Design

AI dev

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TypeScript Astro Express React Tailwind CSS npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#admin #admin-dashboard #admin-on-rest #admin-ui #frontend-framework #graphql

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-07-05
License: MIT
Issues: 61 open

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Forks: 5,459
Commits: 24,659 commits
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Redocly/redoc

📘 OpenAPI/Swagger-generated API Reference Documentation

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TypeScript React npm

GitHub topics

#api-documentation #documentation-generator #documentation-tool #hacktoberfest #openapi #openapi-specification

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-01
License: MIT
Issues: 450 open

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Forks: 2,392
Commits: 2,649 commits
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swagger-api/swagger-codegen

swagger-codegen contains a template-driven engine to generate documentation, API clients and server stubs in different languages by parsing your OpenAPI / Swagger definition.

Stack

Mustache Android Express Spring Boot Bundler Cargo CMake

GitHub topics

#open-source #openapi-specification #openapi3 #rest #rest-api #swagger

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-06
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,452 open

17,781

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Forks: 5,967
Commits: 11,805 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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NangoHQ/nango

Build product integrations with AI.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express React Tailwind CSS Vite npm

GitHub topics

#access-token #api #api-client #api-integration #api-integrations #integrations

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-09
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 126 open

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Forks: 1,290
Commits: 7,495 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: +84 +1.1%

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TykTechnologies/tyk

Tyk Open Source API Gateway written in Go, supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP and gRPC protocols

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Go gRPC Go Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#api #api-gateway #api-management #cloudnative #go #graphql

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-05-07
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 479 open

10,781

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Forks: 1,164
Commits: 5,415 commits
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restify/node-restify

The future of Node.js REST development

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#rest-api #restify #server

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-04-25
License: MIT
Issues: 133 open

10,686

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Forks: 979
Commits: 1,729 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mgonto/restangular

AngularJS service to handle Rest API Restful Resources properly and easily

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JavaScript npm

Updated: 2020-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
License: MIT
Issues: 254 open

7,793

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Forks: 825
Commits: 837 commits
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nestjsx/crud

NestJs CRUD for RESTful APIs

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TypeScript NestJS npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#crud #crud-generator #nest #nestjs #restful-api #typeorm

Updated: 2024-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-18
License: MIT
Issues: 292 open

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Forks: 578
Commits: 563 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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marmelab/ng-admin

Add an AngularJS admin GUI to any RESTful API

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#admin #admin-dashboard #angular #ng-admin #rest

Updated: 2020-06-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-22
License: MIT
Issues: 111 open

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Forks: 702
Commits: 2,280 commits
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ExpressGateway/express-gateway

A microservices API Gateway built on top of Express.js

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JavaScript Express npm

GitHub topics

#api-gateway #endpoints #express-gateway #express-middleware #expressjs #javascript

Updated: 2024-05-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-07-05
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 78 open

3,034

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Forks: 354
Commits: 1,338 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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micha/resty

Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines (bash or zsh).

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Shell npm

Updated: 2023-02-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-05-17
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

2,653

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Forks: 141
Commits: 393 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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api-platform/core

The server component of API Platform: hypermedia and GraphQL APIs in minutes

AI dev

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PHP Laravel React Symfony Composer npm

GitHub topics

#api #api-platform #graphql #hacktoberfest #hal #hydra-api

Updated: 2026-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-19
License: MIT
Issues: 257 open

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Forks: 974
Commits: 7,307 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nelmio/NelmioApiDocBundle

Generates documentation for your REST API from attributes

AI dev

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PHP Symfony Composer npm

GitHub topics

#api #api-documentation #bundle #openapi #php #redoc

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-30
License: MIT
Issues: 69 open

2,358

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Forks: 904
Commits: 1,273 commits
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NatLabRockies/api-umbrella

Open source API management platform

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Ruby Bundler Cargo Go modules

GitHub topics

#api-gateway #api-management #api-manager #lua #luajit #nginx

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-10
License: MIT
Issues: 257 open

2,191

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Forks: 373
Commits: 5,365 commits
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danwrong/restler

REST client library for node.js

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JavaScript npm

Updated: 2019-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-11-25
License: MIT
Issues: 102 open

1,978

stars

Forks: 380
Commits: 244 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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stepci/stepci

Automated API Testing and Quality Assurance

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TypeScript Vite Vue npm

GitHub topics

#actions #api-client #api-rest #api-testing #api-testing-framework #automated-testing

Updated: 2024-08-03
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2022-09-19
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 73 open

1,868

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Forks: 97
Commits: 171 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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opticdev/optic

OpenAPI linting, diffing and testing. Optic helps prevent breaking changes, publish accurate documentation and improve the design of your APIs.

Archived

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TypeScript React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#api-documentation #api-linter #apis #documentation #openapi #openapi3

Updated: 2026-01-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2021-10-22
License: MIT
Issues: 29 open

1,535

stars

Forks: 95
Commits: 3,786 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cloudhead/http-console

simple, intuitive HTTP REPL — Speak HTTP like a local.

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JavaScript npm

Updated: 2021-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-05-31
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 14 open

1,393

stars

Forks: 63
Commits: 111 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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JKHeadley/rest-hapi

🚀 A RESTful API generator for Node.js

Stack

JavaScript Express React npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#api #audit-log #crud #crud-api #crud-generator #documentation

Updated: 2023-03-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-09-09
License: MIT
Issues: 76 open

1,181

stars

Forks: 155
Commits: 1,243 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vert-x3/vertx-web

HTTP web applications for Vert.x

Stack

Java React Vite Maven npm

GitHub topics

#client #reactive #server #sockjs #vertx #web

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-14
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 149 open

1,150

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Forks: 560
Commits: 4,036 commits
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raml2html/raml2html

RAML to HTML documentation generator.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#raml #raml-document #raml-tooling #raml2html

Updated: 2022-09-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-05
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

1,132

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Forks: 242
Commits: 457 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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marmelab/shadcn-admin-kit

Component kit to build your Admin app with shadcn/ui

AI dev

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TypeScript Astro React Tailwind CSS Vite npm pnpm

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-05-02
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

1,063

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 854 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Badgerati/Pode

Pode is a Cross-Platform PowerShell web framework for creating REST APIs, Web Sites, and TCP/SMTP servers

Stack

PowerShell .NET SDK npm pip

GitHub topics

#active-directory #authentication #cross-platform #docker #framework #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-29
License: MIT
Issues: 99 open

1,056

stars

Forks: 106
Commits: 3,161 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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zatosource/zato

ESB, SOA, REST, APIs and Cloud Integrations in Python

Stack

Python Actix Web Django pytest Cargo Composer Gradle

GitHub topics

#aerospace #airport #api #api-gateway #api-server #automation-framework

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-07
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

1,012

stars

Forks: 251
Commits: 19,096 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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marmelab/restful.js

A pure JS client for interacting with server-side RESTful resources. Think Restangular without Angular.

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#frontend #http-client #rest

Updated: 2019-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-21
License: MIT
Issues: 23 open

962

stars

Forks: 78
Commits: 143 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Kong/unirest-nodejs

Unirest in Node.js: Simplified, lightweight HTTP client library.

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

Updated: 2025-04-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-17
License: MIT
Issues: 43 open

954

stars

Forks: 164
Commits: 216 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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traverson/traverson

A Hypermedia API/HATEOAS Client for Node.js and the Browser

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#hypermedia #hypermedia-client #javascript

Updated: 2026-07-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-28
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

461

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 906 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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marmelab/FakeRest

Patch fetch/XMLHttpRequest to fake a REST API server in the browser, based on JSON data.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#client #fetch #frontend #mock #rest #test

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-20
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

457

stars

Forks: 50
Commits: 407 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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thomas4019/expressa

API creation middleware with an admin interface

Stack

JavaScript Express React Vue npm

GitHub topics

#apis #hacktoberfest #middleware #nodejs

Updated: 2026-04-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-26
License: MIT
Issues: 22 open

452

stars

Forks: 24
Commits: 675 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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adidas/api-guidelines

adidas group API design guidelines

Stack

npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#adidas #adidas-group #api #architecture #async-api #asynchronous

Updated: 2025-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-18
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

404

stars

Forks: 106
Commits: 730 commits
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flatiron/resourceful

an isomorphic Resource engine for JavaScript

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2015-01-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-09-22
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 38 open

355

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 350 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jspears/mers

Mongoose Express Rest Service

Stack

JavaScript Express npm

Updated: 2015-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-28
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

343

stars

Forks: 42
Commits: 207 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mulesoft-labs/raml-client-generator

Template-driven generator of clients for APIs described by a RAML spec

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#raml #raml-codegen #raml-tooling

Updated: 2023-11-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-18
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 9 open

121

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Forks: 26
Commits: 96 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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restqa/restqa

🦏 | Best in class Microservice automation testing. Test Driven Happiness

Stack

JavaScript Express Fastify Vite Vue npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#gherkin #restqa #test-automation #testing-tools #unit-testing

Updated: 2024-09-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-25
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

stars

Forks: 12
Commits: 1,020 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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