└ Minimal, powerful & open-source
└ Integrates with dozens of API Frameworks (Elysia, Hono, FastAPI, etc)
└ Syncs directly with your server frameworks with our Watch Mode
└ First class OpenAPI (formerly Swagger) support
└ Environment variables and dynamic parameters
└ Save and organize requests into collections
└ Download (Windows, MacOS, Linux)
└ Try Online Demo
└ Request examples for many favorite languages and frameworks
└ Comes with an integrated API playground
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You’re just one HTML file away from having an awesome API reference:
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<head>
<title>Scalar API Reference</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta
name="viewport"
content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
</head>
<body>
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id="api-reference"
data-url="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@scalar/galaxy/dist/latest.yaml"
data-proxy-url="https://proxy.scalar.com"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@scalar/api-reference"></script>
</body>
</html>And there’s an ever-growing list of plugins and integrations:
- HTML
- .NET
- AdonisJS
- Django Ninja
- Docusaurus
- ElysiaJS
- Express
- FastAPI
- Fastify
- Go
- Hono
- Scalar for Laravel
- Laravel Scribe
- Litestar
- NestJS
- Next.js
- Nitro
- Nuxt
- Platformatic
- React
- Rust
- Vue.js
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| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| Scalar API Client | API client |
| Scalar CLI | Command-line interface |
| Scalar Galaxy | OpenAPI Example |
| Scalar Play Button | Quick API Client Embed |
| Scalar Mock Server | OpenAPI Mock Server |
| Scalar Void Server | HTTP Request Mirror |
| Scalar Open API Parser | OpenAPI SDK |
| Scalar Sandbox | Online OpenAPI Editor |
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Themes | Themes, layouts & styling |
| Configuration | The universal configuration object |
| OpenAPI | OpenAPI and our extensions to it |
| Markdown | Markdown syntax |
We are API nerds. You too? Let’s chat on Discord: https://discord.gg/scalar
Contributions are welcome! Read the CONTRIBUTING guide.
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