Scalar

Scalar API Reference

Open-source (MIT) renderer that turns an OpenAPI/Swagger or AsyncAPI document into an interactive API reference with a built-in request-testing panel and multi-language code samples. Embeds from a single HTML file or as the @scalar/api-reference npm package, and ships as the default docs UI in dozens of frameworks. This is a self-hosted component library, not a hosted REST API - surface documented as a capability area (endpointsModeled).

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Documentation
https://guides.scalar.com/scalar/scalar-api-references/getting-started

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SourceCode
https://github.com/scalar/scalar/blob/main/packages/api-reference/README.md

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: scalar:scalar-api-reference
name: Scalar API Reference
tags:
- API Reference
- API Documentation
- Open-Source
- OpenAPI
tags_raw:
- API Reference
- API Documentation
- Open Source
- OpenAPI
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://guides.scalar.com/scalar/scalar-api-references/getting-started
properties:
- url: https://guides.scalar.com/scalar/scalar-api-references/getting-started
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/scalar/scalar/blob/main/packages/api-reference/README.md
  type: SourceCode
description: Open-source (MIT) renderer that turns an OpenAPI/Swagger or AsyncAPI document into an interactive
  API reference with a built-in request-testing panel and multi-language code samples. Embeds from a single
  HTML file or as the @scalar/api-reference npm package, and ships as the default docs UI in dozens of
  frameworks. This is a self-hosted component library, not a hosted REST API - surface documented as a
  capability area (endpointsModeled).