Spectral

A flexible JSON/YAML linter for creating automated style guides, with out-of-the-box support for OpenAPI v2/v3 and AsyncAPI v2.

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Overview

Spectral is a powerful and flexible open-source linter that helps you enforce API style guides and best practices. It can be used to validate your OpenAPI and AsyncAPI definitions against a set of rules, and it can be easily integrated into your CI/CD pipeline to automate the process.

✨ Key Features

JSON/YAML Linting
OpenAPI and AsyncAPI Support
Customizable Rulesets
CI/CD Integration
Extensible with Plugins

🎯 Key Differentiators

Flexible and extensible
Excellent support for OpenAPI and AsyncAPI
Large and active community

Unique Value: Spectral helps you automate API governance and enforce style guides, resulting in higher-quality, more consistent APIs.

🎯 Use Cases (4)

Enforcing API style guides Validating OpenAPI and AsyncAPI definitions Automating API governance Improving API quality and consistency

            ✅ Best For
            Integrating API linting into a CI/CD pipeline
Creating a custom ruleset to enforce organizational API standards

        

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Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

Full lifecycle API management (it's a linter, not a management platform)

🏆 Alternatives

Redocly CLI oas-validator

Spectral is more flexible and extensible than many other API linters. Its strong support for both OpenAPI and AsyncAPI is also a key differentiator.

💻 Platforms

CLI Node.js

✅ Offline Mode Available

🔌 Integrations

GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins VS Code

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: Free and open-source

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Spectral

Overview

✨ Key Features

🎯 Key Differentiators

🎯 Use Cases (4)

✅ Best For

💡 Check With Vendor

🏆 Alternatives

💻 Platforms

🔌 Integrations

💰 Pricing

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