Dredd

Dredd is a language-agnostic, open source HTTP API testing framework that validates API implementations against API Blueprint or OpenAPI (2.0/3.0) description documents.

Dredd publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Contract Testing, API Testing, OpenAPI, API Blueprint, and Tooling.

Dredd’s developer surface includes documentation and 3 more developer resources.

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19.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

Contract TestingAPI TestingOpenAPIAPI BlueprintTooling

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 19.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Dredd

Dredd is a language-agnostic command-line tool for validating an API description document against a backend implementation. It supports API Blueprint, OpenAPI 2.0, and OpenAPI 3...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Dredd Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dredd Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Dredd Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Dredd Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: dredd
name: Dredd
description: Dredd is a language-agnostic, open source HTTP API testing framework that validates API implementations against
  API Blueprint or OpenAPI (2.0/3.0) description documents.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Tooling
access: Open Source
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dredd.png
tags:
- Contract Testing
- API Testing
- OpenAPI
- API Blueprint
- Tooling
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dredd/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: dredd:dredd
  name: Dredd
  description: Dredd is a language-agnostic command-line tool for validating an API description document against a backend
    implementation. It supports API Blueprint, OpenAPI 2.0, and OpenAPI 3.0, and provides hooks for custom test setup and
    teardown.
  humanURL: https://dredd.org
  tags:
  - Contract Testing
  - API Testing
  - OpenAPI
  - API Blueprint
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dredd.org/en/latest/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/apiaryio/dredd
  - type: NPM Package
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dredd
  - type: Issues
    url: https://github.com/apiaryio/dredd/issues
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://github.com/apiaryio/dredd/releases
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dredd-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://dredd.org
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dredd.org/en/latest/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apiaryio
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com