Alternatives to Swagger Editor

A browser-based editor for writing OpenAPI definitions and sending live requests to the API. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Swagger Editor

    A browser-based editor for writing OpenAPI definitions and sending live requests to the API.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Swagger Editor.

  • Stoplight

    A web platform for designing OpenAPI descriptions, generating API documentation and running mock servers.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Stoplight offers a visual OpenAPI editor with mock servers and documentation hosting, but it is a hosted service requiring an account and aimed at teams.

  • Insomnia

    An API client for REST, GraphQL and gRPC that can keep everything local or sync through Git instead of a cloud.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Insomnia includes an OpenAPI editor with a visual preview inside a desktop API client, adding test suites, mocking and saved requests, and is open source under Apache-2.0.

  • Apidog

    An API platform for designing, debugging, mocking and testing APIs, with desktop and web clients.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Apidog covers API design alongside debugging, mocking and testing in one freemium platform with desktop and web clients, but is closed source and heavier than an editor.

  • Apifox

    An API platform for designing, debugging, mocking and testing APIs, with desktop and web clients.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Apifox bundles API design with debugging, mocking and testing in desktop and web clients, as a proprietary freemium product broader than a spec editor.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.