Introduction

Introduction to Scalar

A modern API platform built for the OpenAPI™ standard.

Industry leading Developer Docs, SDKs, API Client & Registry that your APIs deserve

The OpenAPI Company We Love Open-Source Scalar embraces open standards and makes it easy for you to embrace them too. Join the open-source community and start building on open foundations. Also, Scalar has no affiliation with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, it is a mere coincidence we have similar logos. VISIT WWW.SCALAR.COM MIT LICENSE Copyright (c) 2023-present Scalar
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Take their word for it

"After years of helping enterprises implement API strategies at SmartBear, I can confidently say Scalar is what the industry has been waiting for. The strict OpenAPI compliance, robust CLI/API registry, and seamless CI/CD integration solve the exact pain points I watched customers struggle with daily. This is the modern API platform developers deserve."

Michael - Former Solutions Architect @ Smartbear

"One of my most recent favorites is a in-browser ad hoc testing UI called Scalar. One of the things that I really love about Scalar, it's got this modern UI experience, and it provides built-in test generation code for a variety of targets, from cURL to HttpClient in C#."

Captain Safia - Engineer @ Microsoft ASP.NET

"Scalar's "golden ticket" is... Scalar! They are (in my own words) building a product ecosystem for API design, docs, testing, and governance- with offerings at every price point. They are open source. So I can get in on free features and stay with Scalar no matter how big my API needs blow up."

Eron - Documentation Engineer @ Qrvey

Scalar Registry

The Centralized Repository for Your API Definitions

Upload, manage and version OpenAPI Documents, JSON Schemas and Spectral Rules in a single place. Can pull from your repository, works with any CI workflow.

Single Source of Truth Bi-directional Git Sync OpenAPI Documents JSON Schema Support Spectral Rules AsyncAPI (coming soon) Private or Public
Connect Your API for Free →
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Scalar API Client

The Postman Alternative Your Team Is Dreaming Of

Fully open-source & offline first API Client built on the OpenAPI standard, by us & our community.

Offline-first Sync your local API OpenAPI by Heart Collaborate with Others No Vendor Lock-In Linux, Windows, macOS
Try It in the Browser →
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Scalar Docs

The Modern Documentation Platform for Your API and Everything Else

Write documentation with our WYSIWYG, pull Markdown and MDX files from your repository or generate API References from your OpenAPI documents. No matter how you work, your new documentation will always be up to date.

Markdown and MDX OpenAPI Documents Custom HTML/CSS/JS GitHub Sync Customize Everything Fine-grained Access
Create Your New Documentation →
Scalar embraces open standards and makes it easy for you to embrace them too. Join the open-source community and start building on open foundations. Developer Portals WWW.SCALAR.COM
Scalar SDK Generation

One Commit To Update All Your SDKs

Bring your OpenAPI document and get type-safe client libraries for TypeScript, Python, Golang, PHP, Java and Ruby with more languages coming soon.

OpenAPI-First Custom-code Code Samples OpenAPI Authentication Syncs with Docs File Streaming Support
Generate your first SDK →
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Marc from Scalar here,


There's no better feeling than building & being enabled by the software you are integrating with, we've all experienced friction with out-of-date docs, no client SDKs in your favorite language & no one to talk to about your struggles on-boarding.


But we've also experienced those magical APIs that just work and everything you need to reach for is there. This drives our simple three tenants at Scalar: Accessibility, Open-Source, & API First. Making on-boarding easier & magical enables people to build & being API first means your business can scale for the future (LLMs)


Why Open-Source? If done right it builds transparency, builds industry standards (OpenAPI), accelerates innovation & fosters collaboration. We love Open-Source and keep it core to our values.


We are fans of show don't tell here at Scalar: so try our Docs (this page), our SDKs for our API that includes our API Client, Agent Scalar to chat with APIs & our GitHub for all our open-source products. As always, we love your feedback so drop us a line in our discord, email or book a call with me to see how we can help



Marc Laventure
CEO, Scalar
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API Client
Minimal, powerful, fully open-source API Client built on open standards by us + our community.
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SDKs
Bring your OpenAPI document and get type-safe client libraries for TypeScript, Python and more.
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API Registry
Managing & versioning OpenAPI Documents with a deep Git integration.
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API Docs
Write beautiful documentation with Markdown + MDX + Git Sync.
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