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24 alternatives to Public APIs

A collective list of JSON APIs for use in web development.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Public APIs launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Public APIs▲641

   Find public APIs and start building projects and share them.

   2019 · public-apis.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Public APIs 3.0▲538

   A collection of public APIs for your next project

   2021 · public-apis.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Public APIs▲144

   A collaborative list of 1400+ public APIs

   2023 · publicapis.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Public APIs▲67

   A directory of 700+ free and public apis

   2024 · publicapis.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   PublicAPIs▲274

   Explore the largest API directory in the galaxy

   2014 · publicapis.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   API List▲559

   A collective list of APIs. Build something.

   2017 · apilist.fun · its alternatives →

7. 7
   JSON Api▲175

   Hosted API's to develop your app for free 🙌

   2020 · jsonapi.co · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Micro▲93

   APIs for everyday use

   2021 · m3o.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   APIsList▲293

   The updated list of the public APIs

   2022 · apislist.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    APIRank.dev▲94

    A ranking of 5651+ public APIs on the internet

    2023 · apirank.dev · its alternatives →

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    Postman Collections▲302

    Biggest library of ready-made API collections for Postman

    2017 · bubble.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    API List▲36

    A collective list of APIs. Build something.

    2018 · apilist.fun · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Free Public APIs for Developers▲13

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

    2025 · openpublicapis.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hey API Listt▲277

    1000+ APIs in one place

    2020 · its alternatives →

15. 15JA
    Jam API, turn any site into a JSON api using CSS selectors▲300

    2016 · jamapi.xyz · its alternatives →

16. 16
    APIs With GitHub▲276

    Create simple JSON APIs with GitHub Repository

    2019 · apiwithgithub.com · its alternatives →

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    Public Apis List▲5

    List of open and fun APIs to use for your projects

    2019 · public-apis.netlify.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hello API▲187

    Turn your boring API docs into an interactive playground

    2024 · helloapi.co · 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 →

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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 →

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    A simple API to store and retrieve JSON objects▲18

    2015 · openbucket.io · its alternatives →

22. 22WM
    We made a website to show APIs from around the globe that devs can use▲10

    2018 · papislist.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AC
    A collective list of APIs – apilist.fun▲12

    2017 · docs.google.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 →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →