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Scalar
Open-source tool for rendering OpenAPI specs into interactive API documentation, with integrated SDKs, API client, and registry features.
Renders OpenAPI specs into modern, themable reference docs with an integrated API client for trying requests, embeddable in existing sites or hosted on its platform. The core is open source, with offline-capable client apps alongside. A fresh alternative to the incumbent reference renderers.
Added July 12, 2026
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