What are Stoplight's main features?

Stoplight provides visual API design tools, interactive API documentation, mock server capabilities, collaboration tools for development teams, and version control for API specifications. It's designed to help teams design, document, and build APIs more efficiently.

Who should use Stoplight?

Stoplight is best suited for API developers, product managers, and technical writers who need to design, document, and collaborate on API development. It's ideal for teams looking to streamline their API workflow and improve documentation quality.

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Design, document, and build APIs faster.

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Shyft Score

Directory quality rating

Reviewed

40/100

Active

AI Readiness

How prepared for AI workflows

Low

19/100

API

Our take

The verdict on Stoplight

AI-generated

Stoplight excels in API design and documentation with strong collaboration tools, though its low AI readiness may hinder future innovation.

Strengths

Highly rated (4.4/5) with 2988 GitHub stars
Visual API design and interactive documentation
Version control for API specifications

Limitations

Low AI readiness score (19/100)
Limited free tier

Best for: Engineering teams focused on API design and documentation

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Benefits

Why teams choose Stoplight

Reduce API development time by designing visually instead of writing code from scratch

Get APIs to market faster with built-in mock servers for immediate testing

Eliminate back-and-forth confusion with automatically generated interactive documentation

Keep your entire team aligned with real-time collaboration on API specifications

About

What is Stoplight?

Stoplight is an API design and documentation platform with visual tools, interactive documentation, and mock server capabilities. Teams collaborate on API specifications and automatically generate code and documentation.

Key capabilities

Visual API design tools

Interactive API documentation

Mock server capabilities

Collaboration tools for teams

Version control for API specifications

At a glance

Capabilities

API

Use cases

What you can do with Stoplight

Design REST and GraphQL APIs with visual editor and OpenAPI markup

Generate interactive API documentation with auto-updating examples

Run mock servers to test client code before backend implementation

Collaborate on API specs with shared workspaces and version control

Auto-generate server code and client SDKs from API specifications

Best for

API developersProduct managersTechnical writers

Pricing

Stoplight pricing

Stoplight starts at $29/mo

Starting at $29/mo

Ecosystem

Connected ecosystem

MCP servers, AI skills, and integrations that work with Stoplight

MCP servers

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Integrations

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AI & automation capabilities

REST API

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WebhooksN/A

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Stoplight and its capabilities

Stoplight starts at $29/month for subscription plans. It's a B2B developer tool focused on API design and documentation, offering visual design tools, interactive documentation, mock servers, and team collaboration features for API developers and product managers.