What is Swagger Codegen?
It is an open source project which allows generation of API client libraries (SDK generation), server stubs, and documentation automatically from an OpenAPI Specification.
Swagger Codegen is a tool in the API Tools category of a tech stack.
Swagger Codegen is an open source tool with 15.7K GitHub stars and 6K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Swagger Codegen's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Swagger Codegen?
Companies
45 companies reportedly use Swagger Codegen in their tech stacks, including Tech Stack, Hepsiburada, and Ohpen.
Developers
124 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Swagger Codegen.
Swagger Codegen Integrations
JavaScript, Python, Java, PHP, and TypeScript are some of the popular tools that integrate with Swagger Codegen. Here's a list of all 18 tools that integrate with Swagger Codegen.
Pros of Swagger Codegen
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Swagger Codegen's Features
- Generate client SDKs in over 40 different languages for end developers to easily integrate with your API
- Always updated with the latest and greatest changes in the programming world
- Remove tedious plumbing and configuration by generating boilerplate server code in over 20 different languages
Swagger Codegen Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Swagger Codegen?
Swagger UI
Swagger UI is a dependency-free collection of HTML, Javascript, and CSS assets that dynamically generate beautiful documentation and sandbox from a Swagger-compliant API
Postman
It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
Insomnia REST Client
Insomnia is a powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.
RestSharp
It is probably the most popular HTTP client library for .NET. Featuring automatic serialization and deserialization, request and response type detection, variety of authentications and other useful features
OpenAPI
It is a publicly available application programming interface that provides developers with programmatic access to a proprietary software application or web service.