# Stoplight Prism

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/stoplight/prism/  
**Provider:** Stoplight — https://apis.io/providers/stoplight/  
**Documentation:** https://stoplight.io/open-source/prism

Stoplight Prism is one of 6 APIs that [Stoplight](https://apis.io/providers/stoplight/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include API Testing, Mock Servers, Open-Source, OpenAPI, and Postman. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

Prism is an open-source HTTP mock and proxy server that turns any OpenAPI v2/v3 or Postman Collection file into a realistic API server with mocking, transformations, and validations. Enables frontend and backend teams to develop in parallel using API descriptions. Can be used as a local CLI tool or via hosted Stoplight mock servers. Supports dynamic example generation, request/response validation, and content negotiation. The prism repository on GitHub has approximately 4,943 stars and is one of Stoplight's flagship open-source projects.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.stoplight.io/docs/prism
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/stoplightio/prism
- **NPM** — https://www.npmjs.com/package/@stoplight/prism-cli

## Other Stoplight APIs (5)

- [Stoplight Platform](https://apis.io/apis/stoplight/stoplight-platform/)
- [Stoplight Spectral](https://apis.io/apis/stoplight/spectral/)
- [Stoplight Elements](https://apis.io/apis/stoplight/elements/)
- [Stoplight Studio](https://apis.io/apis/stoplight/studio/)
- [Stoplight CLI](https://apis.io/apis/stoplight/cli/)

## Tags

API Testing, Mock Servers, Open-Source, OpenAPI, Postman, Proxy, Validation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/stoplight/prism/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/stoplight/.