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API Documentation

Score 20.3 / 100 24 providers 12 APIs Search apis.io →
Variants seen in the corpus: API DocumentationAPI documentationApiDocumentation

Providers using this tag (24)

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

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
PostmanAI Agent BuilderAI AgentsAPI CatalogAPI Client39 APIs64.5Apollo API DocumentationSales IntelligenceData EnrichmentPeople Search14 APIs61.8
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
KongAPI GatewayAI GatewayAI ConnectivityAgent Gateway139 APIs51.2Bump.shAPI ChangelogAPI HubAPI Governance8 APIs47.3TheneoDeveloper PortalDeveloper ToolsDocumentation Platform5 APIs45.2AMCS GroupCompanyWaste ManagementRecyclingTransport257 APIs43.5ScalarAPI ClientAPI ReferencesCode Generation30 APIs40.3
Thin 9 Limited public surface area
SmartBearAPI DesignAPI TestingContract Testing7 APIs39.2RedoclyArtificial IntelligenceAPI CatalogArazzo8 APIs38.9ReadMe.ioCompanyDocumentationDeveloper Experience3 APIs37.2ArchbeeDocumentation PlatformKnowledge BaseTechnical Writing3 APIs35.6StoplightAPI DesignAPI GovernanceAsyncAPI6 APIs35.3ReadMe MetricsAPI AnalyticsAPI LogsAPI Metrics5 APIs35.1Stoplight ElementsDeveloper ToolsDocumentationInteractive Docs2 APIs28.9SlateDeveloper ToolsDocumentationMarkdown1 API27.8ScalarAPI ClientOpen-SourceDeveloper Tools8 APIs27.2
Emerging 6 Early or largely undocumented
ReDocDeveloper ToolsDocumentationOpenAPI1 API25.3FernAPI LifecycleSDK GenerationClient Library5 APIs24.6VoidenAPI DesignAPI TestingDeveloper Tools1 API19.7RESTAPI DesignArchitectureHTTPREST4 APIs17.0KonfigSDK GenerationClient LibraryDeveloper Tools5 APIs16.1KonfigCLIDeveloper ToolsOpenAPI1 API13.2
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
SwytchcodeAI / Agent Toolingagentic middlewareAPI IntegrationAPI Orchestration1 API9.7Interface SpecificationsSoftware ArchitectureSystem IntegrationTechnical Specifications4.1

APIs with this tag (12)

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 →

Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Kong API Documentation APIThe API Documentation API from Kong — 3 operation(s) for api documentation.51.2AMCS Group ApiDocumentation APIThe ApiDocumentation API from AMCS Group — 1 operation(s) for apidocumentation.43.5
Thin 5 Limited public surface area
Stoplight ElementsElements is an open-source toolkit for building beautiful, interactive API documentation from OpenAPI speci...35.3Stoplight PlatformStoplight Platform is a SaaS collaborative API design and documentation management tool providing a visual ...35.3SlateSlate is an open-source static site generator for creating beautiful, three-panel API documentation from Ma...27.8Scalar API ReferenceOpen-source (MIT) renderer that turns an OpenAPI/Swagger or AsyncAPI document into an interactive API refer...27.2Scalar Docs PlatformHosted developer-portal product that combines Markdown/MDX guides with generated API references, custom dom...27.2
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
ReDocReDoc is an open-source API documentation renderer for OpenAPI specifications, originally created by Rebill...25.3Fern API DocumentationCapability area (CLI/platform) that builds a hosted documentation website with a generated API reference, i...24.6OpenAPI SpecificationThe OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allow...17.0Konfig Documentation PortalCapability area (endpointsModeled). Generates branded, interactive API reference documentation and markdown...16.1
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
Swytchcode Documentation & Agent SurfacesSwytchcode's publicly consumable surfaces: developer documentation and a published llms.txt. The primary in...9.7

Score breakdown

Frequency
42.7
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.7
spread across providers
Quality lift
40.4
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
9.2
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

API Design 6 co-occurrences Developer Portal 7 co-occurrences OpenAPI 13 co-occurrences Documentation 8 co-occurrences CLI 6 co-occurrences Testing 5 co-occurrences Developer Tools 12 co-occurrences MCP 7 co-occurrences

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