Topic
Open-source startups tagged #api
22 open-source startups in this directory carry the GitHub topic #api. 19 pushed code within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22, 1 has been quiet for 31–120 days, 2 have not pushed in over 120 days. Topics are set by each repository’s own maintainers, so this is what those projects chose to call themselves rather than a category we assigned.
19 of 22 pushed within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22. How we measure it →
The list
All 22, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push GitHub reported to us on 2026-09-22. It counts a push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one.
| Project | What it does | Stars | Ship status | Last verified push |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hoppscotch/hoppscotch | Open-Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI • Open-Source Alternative to Postman, Insomnia | 80.5K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| strapi/strapi | 🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first. | 73.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| meilisearch/meilisearch | A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications. | 59.4K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| mudler/LocalAI | LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required. | 49.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| directus/directus | The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more. | 37.9K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| songquanpeng/one-api | LLM API 管理 & 分发系统，支持 OpenAI、Azure、Anthropic Claude、Google Gemini、DeepSeek、字节豆包、ChatGLM、文心一言、讯飞星火、通义千问、360 智脑、腾讯混元等主流模型，统一 API 适配，可用于 key 管理与二次分发。单可执行文件，提供 Docker 镜像，一键部署，开箱即用。LLM API management & key redistribution system, unifying multiple providers under a single API. Single binary, Docker-ready, with an English UI. | 37K | Gone silent | Jan 9, 2026 |
| hasura/graphql-engine | Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events. | 32.1K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| YMFE/yapi | YApi 是一个可本地部署的、打通前后端及QA的、可视化的接口管理平台 | 27.7K | Gone silent | Aug 12, 2024 |
| Skyvern-AI/skyvern | Automate browser based workflows with AI | 23.1K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| bitwarden/server | Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc). | 20.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| iii-hq/iii | Effortlessly compose, extend, and observe every service in real-time for the first time ever. | 18.8K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| getmaxun/maxun | Turn any website into a structured API. Extract, automate, search and monitor the web. | 17.5K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate | Free and Open Source Machine Translation API. Self-hosted, offline capable and easy to setup. | 16.7K | Still shipping | Sep 3, 2026 |
| scalar/scalar | Scalar is an open-source API platform: 🌐 Modern REST API Client 📖 Beautiful API References ✨ 1st-Class OpenAPI/Swagger Support | 16.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| amplication/amplication | Amplication brings order to the chaos of large-scale software development by creating Golden Paths for developers - streamlined workflows that drive consistency, enable high-quality code practices, simplify onboarding, and accelerate standardized delivery across teams. | 16K | Slowed | Jun 30, 2026 |
| gotify/server | A simple server for sending and receiving messages in real-time per WebSocket. (Includes a sleek web-ui) | 15.9K | Still shipping | Sep 20, 2026 |
| apitable/apitable | 🚀🎉📚 APITable, an API-oriented low-code platform for building collaborative apps and better than all other Airtable open-source alternatives. | 15.6K | Still shipping | Sep 6, 2026 |
| star7th/showdoc | ShowDoc is a tool greatly applicable for an IT team to share documents online一个非常适合IT团队的在线API文档、技术文档工具 | 12.9K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| zealdocs/zeal | Offline documentation browser. Your personal reference library, searchable in an instant. | 12.8K | Still shipping | Sep 9, 2026 |
| NangoHQ/nango | Build product integrations with AI. | 12.3K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| TykTechnologies/tyk | Open Source API and AI Gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP (Model Context Protocol) | 10.8K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| presenton/presenton | Open-Source AI Presentation Generator and API (Gamma, Canva, Beautiful AI, Decktopus, Presentations AI Alternative) | 10.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
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The 8 largest other topics in the directory, then the other ways to slice it. Every count is as of the snapshot of 2026-09-22.
Snapshot of 2026-09-22 · 721 repos in the directory · every number on this page is measured against that date, not against today. What this measurement cannot tell you →