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API Client

Score 17.8 / 100 15 providers 13 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (15)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
PostmanAI Agent BuilderAI AgentsAPI Catalog21 APIs67.2
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
KongAPI GatewayAI GatewayAI ConnectivityAgent Gateway2 APIs56.4
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
ScalarAPI DocumentationAPI ReferencesCode Generation1 API46.1ScalarAPI DocumentationOpen-SourceDeveloper Tools1 API41.5
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
HTTPieAPI TestingCLIClients1 API33.8BrunoAPI TestingCLIGit1 API33.4API DashOpen-SourceFlutterDesktop1 API28.9Thunder ClientAPI TestingCI/CDCLI2 APIs26.8
Emerging 7 Early or largely undocumented
BrunoAPI TestingDeveloper ToolsOpen-Source5 APIs23.3FirecampClientsGraphQLGUI1 API23.3cURLCommand LineData TransferFTP2 APIs21.3MilkmanCassandraDesktop ApplicationGraphQL1 API16.8YaakClientsGraphQLgRPC1 API16.0KreyaDeveloper ToolsgRPCREST1 API13.1KeyRunnerAPI TestingDeveloper ToolsLocal-First1 API12.5

APIs with this tag (13)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Kong InsomniaKong Insomnia is an open-source API development platform for designing, debugging, and testing APIs. It sup...56.4
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Scalar API ClientScalar API Client is a fully open-source, offline-first REST API client built on the OpenAPI standard. Supp...46.1Scalar API ClientFully open-source, offline-first API client built on the OpenAPI standard - a Postman/Insomnia alternative ...41.5
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
Bruno API ClientBruno is an open-source API client for exploring and testing REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs. Collections are ...33.4API DashAPI Dash is an open source AI-powered cross-platform API client built with Flutter for desktop and mobile. ...28.9Thunder ClientThunder Client is the flagship VS Code REST API client extension offering a lightweight GUI for sending HTT...26.8
Emerging 7 Early or largely undocumented
Bruno API ClientThe core open-source, git-native desktop API client (a lightweight Postman/Insomnia alternative). Compose a...23.3FirecampFirecamp is an open-source API development platform for designing, testing, and documenting REST, GraphQL, ...23.3cURL Command Line ToolThe curl command-line tool transfers data to or from a server using URL syntax, supporting protocols includ...21.3MilkmanMilkman is an extensible request/response workbench for various protocols like HTTP, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSock...16.8YaakYaak is an open-source desktop API client for organizing and executing REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Se...16.0KreyaKreya is a GUI client for gRPC and REST APIs with innovative features for environments, authorizations, and...13.1KeyRunner PlatformThe KeyRunner platform provides a local-first toolset for testing, monitoring, mocking, and running APIs wi...12.5

Score breakdown

Frequency
38.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.4
spread across providers
Quality lift
31.3
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
11.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

API Testing 7 co-occurrences gRPC 6 co-occurrences CLI 6 co-occurrences Testing 5 co-occurrences GraphQL 7 co-occurrences Developer Tools 7 co-occurrences REST 7 co-occurrences Open-Source 9 co-occurrences

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