Comparison

On the current API design marketplace there are some solutions which are similar to TypeHub. On this page we try to compare TypeHub to alternative solutions and explain the differences which should help you to choose the fitting tool for your case.

SwaggerHub

SwaggerHub is a platform for designing, building, documenting, and consuming RESTful APIs. It is developed by SmartBear Software. SwaggerHub provides a collaborative environment for teams working on API development, allowing them to streamline the entire API lifecycle.

TypeHub challenges SwaggerHub as a solution to design API specifications. The strength of TypeAPI is the advanced SDK code generator which produces ready to use and clean code. Another advantage is the Git like behaviour, this means that every change to your specification is saved as commit and you can also create pull requests to an existing specification. TypeHub works internally with the TypeAPI specification instead of OpenAPI which is specifically designed for code generation. But it is also easily possible to import an existing OpenAPI specification into TypeHub.

Postman

Postman is a popular collaboration platform for API development that simplifies the process of designing, testing, and documenting APIs. It provides a user-friendly interface and a wide range of features that cater to developers, testers, and other stakeholders involved in the API development lifecycle.

The strength of Postman are the great user interface to design, share and keep track of any changes. We recommend TypeHub in case you need advanced code generation capabilities to turn you specification into ready to use code. With TypeHub you can build a setup to automatically generate and update client SDKs in different languages once your specification changes. Please take a look at the use case page for more information.