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24 alternatives to Strapi

API creation made simple, secure and fast.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Strapi launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Strapi▲347

    Design APIs fast, manage content easily

    2021 · its alternatives →

  2. 2
    Strapi▲66

    Design APIs fast, manage content easily.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Strapi▲6

    Design APIs fast, manage content easily.

    2021 · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    Fully managed, composable and collaborative content platform

    2023 · its alternatives →

  5. 5
    Strapi 5▲356

    Headless CMS designed for customization and performance

    2024 · strapi.io · its alternatives →

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    Strapi▲8

    The open-source headless CMS

    2020 · its alternatives →

  7. 7OD

    Effortlessly discover API behaviour with a Chrome extension that automatically generates OpenAPI specifications in real time for any app or website.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Manage multiple sites and contexts from one Strapi instance

    Nov 2025 · sensinum.com · its alternatives →

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    InstaAPI▲104

    Low-code API builder

    2023 · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    An open source AI necklace

    2024 · omi.me · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    A collection of public APIs for your next project

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    APIsList▲293

    The updated list of the public APIs

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    API MAKER▲345

    Create your API in minutes with Notion

    2022 · its alternatives →

  14. 14
    Omi▲323

    AI powered contract and vendor management

    2024 · its alternatives →

  15. 15
    WrapAPI▲291

    Build an API on top of any website

    2016 · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    Generate and share OpenAPI specs with AI

    2025 · api.dev · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    API design studio for product managers

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    TrAPI▲29

    API Security Simplified!

    2025 · linkedin.com · its alternatives →

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    A browser based AI coding wingman

    2024 · mordecaiapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Hypi▲113

    A low-code backend as a service to build GraphQL & REST APIs

    2020 · its alternatives →

  22. 22WM

    Hey, I'm Martyn and I recently joined Zuplo. OpenAPI is a huge part of what we do, but getting a document up to scratch out of the gate, especially if you're not super well versed in the actual specification and what you should use and when. So we built a suite of tools to help with this called Rate My OpenAPI. It will score your OpenAPI document out of 100, as well as giving you individual scores in 4 key areas; completeness, SDK generation, security and documentation. Along with the score, you also get details of what the issues, or errors are, as well as guidance on what they actually…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ApiHome▲73

    Home of API testing

    2022 · its alternatives →

  24. 24IA

    Hey there HN! I just wrapped up an all-day documentation spree for Instant API, a JavaScript framework for easily building web APIs that implements type safety at the HTTP interface. It uses a function-as-a-service approach combined with a slightly modified JSDoc spec to automatically enforce parameter and schema validation before HTTP requests make it through to your code. You just write comments above your endpoint functions and voila, enforced type safety contracts between your API endpoints and your developers. OpenAPI specifications are generated automatically as a byproduct of simply…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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