Stoplight
Design, document, and build APIs faster.
Acquisition
Acquired by SmartBear in 2023
Core Technology
Built on OpenAPI Specification
Key Feature
API Governance & Style Guide Enforcement
About Stoplight
Stoplight provides a suite of tools built for a modern API workflow, focusing on a design-first philosophy. Its platform includes a visual OpenAPI designer, collaborative documentation tools, and automatic mocking with its open-source tool, Prism. Stoplight helps enforce API governance and consistency through Spectral, its open-source JSON/YAML linter. The platform integrates seamlessly with Git, enabling version control and collaboration for API artifacts. It's designed to help organizations scale their API programs, reduce development time, improve developer experience, and ensure that the resulting APIs are reliable and easy to use.
Core Platform Features
Api Design
Visual editor for designing and modeling APIs using the OpenAPI specification.
Api Documentation
Automatically generated, interactive API documentation from your OpenAPI files.
Collaboration
Workspace for teams to manage, review, and collaborate on API designs in real-time.
Api Governance
Enforce design standards and consistency across all APIs with shareable style guides.
Mocking
Generate mock servers from your API descriptions for rapid testing and parallel development.
Open Source Tools
Spectral
A flexible JSON/YAML linter to help enforce API style guides and surface issues.
Prism
An open-source HTTP mock server that can mimic your API's behavior.
Elements
Beautiful, embeddable API documentation components for React, Vue, and Web Components.