Swagger

Swagger is a suite of open-source and commercial tools for building and managing RESTful APIs. It enables developers to design, document, test, and deploy APIs efficiently using the OpenAPI Specification (OAS). Swagger is now part of SmartBear Software, a global leader in software quality tools.

• Headquarters: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

• Operating Status: Active

• Parent Company: SmartBear Software

• Website: swagger.io

• Founded: 2010 by Tony Tam

• Swagger began as a simple open-source specification for RESTful APIs and quickly gained traction due to its intuitive tooling.

• In 2015, Swagger was acquired by SmartBear Software, which helped scale its development and enterprise adoption.

• Swagger’s specification evolved into the OpenAPI Specification, now governed by the Linux Foundation’s OpenAPI Initiative.

Swagger provides a full lifecycle API development platform:

• Swagger Editor: Design APIs using OpenAPI specs

• Swagger UI: Interactive API documentation

• Swagger Codegen: Generate client SDKs in multiple languages

• SwaggerHub: Enterprise-grade platform for collaborative API development

• Swagger Inspector: Test and validate APIs without writing code

Key features include:

• Interactive documentation

• Client SDK generation

• Schema validation

• Version control

• Style guide enforcement