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24 alternatives to Free Public APIs for Developers

A curated list of 1500+ public APIs for your next project

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Public APIs▲144
A collaborative list of 1400+ public APIs
2023 · publicapis.dev · its alternatives →
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Public APIs▲67
A directory of 700+ free and public apis
2024 · publicapis.io · its alternatives →
3
APIRank.dev▲94
A ranking of 5651+ public APIs on the internet
2023 · apirank.dev · its alternatives →
4
Public APIs▲641
Find public APIs and start building projects and share them.
2019 · public-apis.io · its alternatives →
5
Public APIs 3.0▲538
A collection of public APIs for your next project
2021 · public-apis.io · its alternatives →
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public-apis-api▲2
list to 1400+ apis
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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APIs for Developers ▲3
Searchable 500+ APIs divided in 40+ categories in Telegram
2021 · t.me · its alternatives →
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APIX▲3
list of public apis you need to build the best projects🚀
2022 · apix.pushkaryadav.in · its alternatives →
9
API List▲559
A collective list of APIs. Build something.
2017 · apilist.fun · its alternatives →
10
Libraries.io▲150
The open source discovery of libraries for programmers
2015 · libraries.io · its alternatives →
11
PublicAPIs▲274
Explore the largest API directory in the galaxy
2014 · publicapis.com · its alternatives →
12
Hey API Listt▲277
1000+ APIs in one place
2020 · its alternatives →
13
Internships API▲40
Over 10,000 internships per week! Free for personal use!
2025 · rapidapi.com · its alternatives →
14
APIsList▲293
The updated list of the public APIs
2022 · apislist.com · its alternatives →
15
WebDev Town▲90
A curated list of web dev tools, articles, libraries & more
2023 · its alternatives →
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APIYard▲1
Browse 70+ public APIs with live demos and compare tools
May 2026 · apiyard.vercel.app · its alternatives →
17
Micro▲93
APIs for everyday use
2021 · m3o.com · its alternatives →
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APISList: Your Go-To Public API Resource▲11
Connecting you to the world's public APIS.
2023 · apislist.com · its alternatives →
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150+ API's▲5
Curated Collection of 150+ API's
2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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APIRank.dev – We crawled and ranked public APIs from the internet▲176
tl;dr we at Escape (YC W23), we scanned 5651+ public APIs on the internet with our in house feedback driven API exploration tech, and ranked them using security, performance, reliability, and design criteria. The results are public on https://apirank.dev. You can request that we index your own API to the list for free and see how it compares to others. Why we did that? During a YC meetup I spoke with a fellow founder that told me how hard it was to pick the right external APIs to use within your own projects. I realized that most of what we build relies on public APIs from external…
2023 · apirank.dev · its alternatives →
21
Practical Jetpack Compose▲80
Build 12 projects, using a range of Jetpack Compose APIs
2021 · practicaljetpackcompose.com · its alternatives →
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Public APIs▲8
A collective list of JSON APIs for use in web development.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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CodeGroupie▲135
Find your next coding project
2024 · codegroupie.com · its alternatives →
24
Hello API▲187
Turn your boring API docs into an interactive playground
2024 · helloapi.co · its alternatives →

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