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Stoplight Elements

Elements is an open-source toolkit for building beautiful, interactive API documentation from OpenAPI specifications using embeddable React or Web Components. Provides highly customizable, interactive API reference documentation, including operation listings, request/response examples, schema viewers, and try-it functionality. Can be embedded in any web application or used as a standalone documentation site. The elements repository has approximately 2,425 stars. SmartBear has integrated Elements into the SwaggerHub experience.

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aid: stoplight:elements
name: Stoplight Elements
description: Elements is an open-source toolkit for building beautiful, interactive API documentation
  from OpenAPI specifications using embeddable React or Web Components. Provides highly customizable,
  interactive API reference documentation, including operation listings, request/response examples, schema
  viewers, and try-it functionality. Can be embedded in any web application or used as a standalone documentation
  site. The elements repository has approximately 2,425 stars. SmartBear has integrated Elements into
  the SwaggerHub experience.
humanURL: https://stoplight.io/open-source/elements
tags:
- API Documentation
- Components
- Open-Source
- OpenAPI
- React
- Web Components
tags_raw:
- API Documentation
- Components
- Open Source
- OpenAPI
- React
- Web Components
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.stoplight.io/docs/elements/d6a8ba3f3c186-stoplight-elements
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/stoplightio/elements
- type: NPM
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@stoplight/elements
- type: Demo
  url: https://elements-demo.stoplight.io/