Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. APInsta – A small API to retrieve basic IG data by JSON launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Changelog - #189: JSON API with Yehuda Katz▲66

   Yehuda's start as a programmer and the spec for building API

   2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   a16z - The Data Science of Food and Taste▲62

   With Ooshma Garg

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   MetricsGraphics.js▲84

   API for beautiful interactive graphics from time-series data

   2014 · metricsgraphicsjs.org · its alternatives →

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   JsonTree, a tool for turning JSON data into a collapsible html tree▲9

   A lightweight vanilla Javascript micro-library for making collapsible trees with JSON - MaxLeiter/jsonTree

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5AS
   A Super Simple JSON CMS▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

6. 6JA
   Japan API – Free and Open Data▲7

   2021 · japan-api.github.io · its alternatives →

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   The Simplest ML API▲7

   2021 · doc.clickup.com · its alternatives →

8. 8AJ
   A JSON Viewer with indentation based highlighting, and table-view mode▲9

   2018 · json-viewer.sohamkamani.com · its alternatives →

9. 9NG
   N-gram API based on Google Ngram dataset▲9

   2020 · getmintbox.com · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight JSON Parser without memory allocation in ~250 LOC▲9

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Semantics3's new visual JSON playground▲14

    Data needn’t be dry JSON. Visualize product data in RealTime

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Gesedels, an specific data storage API▲6

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13CT
    Cloud text analysis API with simple REST interface▲6

    2016 · esapi.intellexer.com · its alternatives →

14. 14NJ
    Noise – JSON search engine library▲6

    2017 · noisesearch.org · its alternatives →

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    Jsong: faster than light streaming JSON parser and writer in C▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Semi-index - Speed up JSON parsing in MapReduce-like tasks▲9

    Implementation of the JSON semi-index described in the paper "Semi-Indexing Semi-Structured Data in Tiny Space" - ot/semi_index

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Drillbit – An API that analyzes names▲9

    2013 · drillbitapp.com · its alternatives →

18. 18ZS
    ZipWhois: Simple JSON Whois API and Domain API▲6

    2014 · zipwhois.com · its alternatives →

19. 19PJ
    Page.json – An open standard for representing UI▲5

    The effortless way to control AI

    14d ago · wuwei.us · its alternatives →

20. 20IN
    Infactory – NL APIs from Structured Data Without Hallucinations▲8

    2025 · infactory.ai · its alternatives →

21. 21JA
    jq, a lightweight commandline JSON processor▲5

    2012 · stedolan.github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AD
    API Documentation Gallery▲8

    2017 · apidocs.gallery · its alternatives →

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    JSON Parser▲8

    Awesome way to view JSON.

    2018 · jsonformatter.org · its alternatives →

24. 24GI
    Geo-Info – A Simple Geocoding API▲8

    2019 · geo-info.co · its alternatives →

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