Vacuum

aid: vacuum
name: Vacuum
description: Vacuum is the world's fastest and most versatile OpenAPI linter and toolkit, built in Go for validating and linting
  API specifications at scale. It is 100% compatible with Spectral rulesets and supports OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- API Design
- Documentation
- Linting
- OpenAPI
- Spectral
- Developer Tools
- Go
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacuum/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-05-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: vacuum:vacuum
  name: Vacuum
  description: Vacuum is the world's fastest OpenAPI linter written in Go. It processes API specifications at lightning speed
    with full Spectral ruleset compatibility, interactive dashboards, HTML reports, and Language Server Protocol support.
  humanURL: https://quobix.com/vacuum
  tags:
  - API Linting
  - OpenAPI
  - Spectral
  - Documentation
  - Developer Tools
  - CI/CD
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quobix.com/vacuum/about
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://quobix.com/vacuum/start
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/daveshanley/vacuum
  - type: Docker
    url: https://hub.docker.com/r/dshanley/vacuum
  - type: NPM
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@quobix/vacuum
  features:
  - name: OpenAPI Linting
    description: Validate and lint OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2 specifications
  - name: Spectral Compatibility
    description: 100% compatible with existing Spectral rulesets
  - name: Interactive Dashboard
    description: Console UI for exploring violations and rules interactively
  - name: HTML Reports
    description: Generate browser-viewable HTML linting reports
  - name: Vacuum Sealed Reports
    description: Portable report snapshots that can be re-rendered without re-running analysis
  - name: Language Server Protocol
    description: LSP support for IDE integration including VSCode
  - name: Custom Rules
    description: Create custom rulesets in Go or JavaScript
  - name: OWASP Security Rules
    description: Built-in OWASP API security rule support
  - name: Overlay Support
    description: Apply non-destructive modifications to specs using OpenAPI Overlays
  - name: Auto-fixing
    description: Automatically resolve certain rule violations
  - name: Change Detection
    description: Detect changes between OpenAPI spec versions
  - name: Bundle
    description: Combine exploded OpenAPI specs into single files
  - name: GitHub Actions
    description: Native GitHub Actions integration for CI/CD pipelines
  useCases:
  - name: CI/CD Pipeline Integration
    description: Enforce OpenAPI quality standards in automated build pipelines
  - name: Enterprise API Governance
    description: Validate large collections of API specs across an organization
  - name: API Design Reviews
    description: Automated quality checks during API design and development
  - name: Spectral Migration
    description: Drop-in replacement for Spectral with better performance
  integrations:
  - name: GitHub Actions
    description: CI/CD integration via official GitHub Action
    url: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/vacuum-openapi-linter
  - name: VSCode
    description: IDE plugin via Language Server Protocol
  - name: Spectral
    description: Compatible with Spectral rulesets and report formats
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://quobix.com/vacuum
- type: Documentation
  url: https://quobix.com/vacuum/about
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/daveshanley
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/daveshanley/vacuum
- type: NPM Package
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@quobix/vacuum
- type: Docker Image
  url: https://hub.docker.com/r/dshanley/vacuum
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/UAcUF78MQN
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacuum/refs/heads/main/json-schema/vacuum-ruleset-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacuum/refs/heads/main/json-schema/vacuum-report-schema.json
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacuum/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vacuum-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com