Scalar
Modern OpenAPI documentation and API reference
Scalar is an open-source API documentation platform that generates interactive reference docs from OpenAPI specs. It includes a built-in API client and can be self-hosted alongside your services.
Key features
- Interactive API reference
- Built-in API client
- OpenAPI native
- Themeable docs
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 15.9k GitHub stars
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