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API Documentation

Score 22.3 / 100 20 providers +3 via APIs 15 APIs Search apis.io →
Variants seen in the corpus: API DocumentationAPI documentationApiDocumentation

Providers using this tag (20)

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

Exemplar 3 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
RedoclyArtificial IntelligenceAPI CatalogArazzo12 APIs74.6PostmanAI Agent BuilderAI AgentsAPI CatalogAPI Client21 APIs72.5StoplightAPI DesignAPI GovernanceAsyncAPI2 APIs69.7
Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
ArchbeeDocumentation PlatformKnowledge BaseTechnical Writing2 APIs60.8RoutebaseAPI lifecycle managementAPI DesignOpenAPI1 API60.8Apollo API DocumentationSales IntelligenceData EnrichmentPeople Search1 API60.3
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Bump.shAPI ChangelogAPI HubAPI Governance1 API49.4ScalarAPI ClientAPI ReferencesCode Generation1 API49.4TheneoDeveloper PortalDeveloper ToolsDocumentation Platform1 API45.1SmartBearAPI DesignAPI TestingContract Testing1 API44.4SwytchcodeAI / Agent Toolingagentic middlewareAPI IntegrationAPI Orchestration1 API42.2
Thin 5 Limited public surface area
ReadMe.ioCompanyDocumentationDeveloper Experience3 APIs37.2ReadMe MetricsAPI AnalyticsAPI LogsAPI Metrics1 API35.0Stoplight ElementsDeveloper ToolsDocumentationInteractive Docs1 API28.9SlateDeveloper ToolsDocumentationMarkdown1 API27.8ReDocDeveloper ToolsDocumentationOpenAPI1 API27.1
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
VoidenAPI DesignAPI TestingDeveloper Tools1 API25.0FernAPI LifecycleSDK GenerationClient Library1 API21.5KonfigSDK GenerationClient LibraryDeveloper Tools6 APIs20.4
Unrated 1 Not yet scored
Interface SpecificationsSoftware ArchitectureSystem IntegrationTechnical Specifications

APIs with this tag (15)

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 →

Exemplar 4 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Redocly Docs MCP ServerThe Docs MCP server is Realm's Model Context Protocol endpoint, generated automatically from a project's do...74.6Redocly Realm Search APIThe Search API is the machine-readable query surface of any Realm project: POST /_search returns documentat...74.6Stoplight ElementsElements is an open-source toolkit for building beautiful, interactive API documentation from OpenAPI speci...69.7Stoplight PlatformStoplight Platform is a SaaS collaborative API design and documentation management tool providing a visual ...69.7
Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Routebase APIThe public, customer-committed part of the Routebase API — CLI-driven CI test runs, spec versioning and pro...60.8Kong API Documentation APIThe API Documentation API from Kong — 3 operation(s) for api documentation.58.0
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Scalar API ReferenceOpen-source (MIT) renderer that turns an OpenAPI/Swagger or AsyncAPI document into an interactive API refer...49.4Scalar Docs PlatformHosted developer-portal product that combines Markdown/MDX guides with generated API references, custom dom...49.4AMCS Group ApiDocumentation APIThe ApiDocumentation API from AMCS Group — 1 operation(s) for apidocumentation.45.2Swytchcode Documentation & Agent SurfacesSwytchcode's publicly consumable surfaces: developer documentation and a published llms.txt. The primary in...42.2
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
SlateSlate is an open-source static site generator for creating beautiful, three-panel API documentation from Ma...27.8ReDocReDoc is an open-source API documentation renderer for OpenAPI specifications, originally created by Rebill...27.1
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
Fern API DocumentationCapability area (CLI/platform) that builds a hosted documentation website with a generated API reference, i...21.5Konfig Documentation PortalCapability area (endpointsModeled). Generates branded, interactive API reference documentation and markdown...20.4OpenAPI SpecificationThe OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allow...18.9

Companies reaching this through an API (3)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “API Documentation” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

AMCS Group Kong REST

Score breakdown

Frequency
42.9
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.6
spread across providers
Quality lift
50.8
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
8.6
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

API Design 7 co-occurrences Developer Portal 7 co-occurrences API Testing 5 co-occurrences OpenAPI 13 co-occurrences Documentation 9 co-occurrences CI/CD 5 co-occurrences Developer Tools 19 co-occurrences MCP 9 co-occurrences

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