Best self-hosted Software Development - API Management apps
API management is the process of creating and publishing application programming interfaces (APIs), enforcing their usage policies, controlling access, nurturing the subscriber community, collecting and analyzing usage statistics, and reporting on performance.
15 open source Software Development - API Management tools you host on your own server — with full control of your data and no per-user cost.
Hoppscotch Community Edition
★ 79,612Hoppscotch is a lightweight, fast API client for testing REST, GraphQL and WebSocket requests right in the browser. Self-hosted, it's the alternative to Postman for teams that want to keep collections and environments on their own infrastructure.
Kong
★ 43,650Microservice API Gateway and Platform.
Hasura
★ 32,076Fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on Postgres with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.
Composio
★ 28,900Integration platform for AI agents & LLMs with support for 250+ apps and custom tools.
Opik
★ 19,721Evaluate, test, and ship LLM applications with a suite of observability tools to calibrate language model outputs across your dev and production lifecycle.
Tyk
★ 10,747Fast and scalable open source API Gateway. Out of the box, Tyk offers an API Management Platform with an API Gateway, API Analytics, Developer Portal and API Management Dashboard.
Lura
★ 6,780High-performance API Gateway.
Svix
★ 3,265Open-source webhooks as a service that makes it super easy for API providers to send webhooks.
Fusio
★ 2,098Open-source API management platform which helps to build and manage REST APIs.
DreamFactory
★ 1,774Turns any SQL/NoSQL/Structured data into Restful API.
Para
★ 572Flexible and modular backend framework/server for object persistence, API development and authentication.
Graphweaver
★ 551Turn multiple data sources into a single GraphQL API.
Hook0
★ 15Webhooks-as-a-service (WaaS) that makes it easy for online products to provide webhooks. Dispatch up to 3,000 events/month with 7 days of history retention for free.
Aastro
★ 10Extensible API Gateway written in Go.
form.io
A REST API building platform that utilizes a drag & drop form builder, and is application framework agnostic. Contains open source and enterprise version.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best self-hosted Software Development - API Management tools?
Among the 15 options, the most popular include Hoppscotch Community Edition, Kong, Hasura. Compare license, platform and popularity in the list below.
Is there a free open source alternative for Software Development - API Management?
Yes — all 15 tools on this page are open source and you run them on your own server, with no monthly fee.
Where can I host a Software Development - API Management app?
On a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS from ~€4/mo. See the suggestions on this page.