# Stoplight

> API design, documentation, and governance

```yaml
url: "https://shipboost.io/tools/stoplight"
website: "https://stoplight.io/"
pricing: PAID
upvotes: 0
categories: "Development"
tags: "API Design, API Documentation, Openapi, Developer Tools, Governance"
```

## Description

Stoplight is an API design and documentation platform centered on OpenAPI, style guides, governance, mock servers, and developer-facing documentation. It helps teams standardize APIs before and after implementation.

Stoplight is relevant when API consistency and documentation quality are core buying criteria. Compare design workflow, governance rules, review process, developer portal output, OpenAPI support, collaboration, and whether it complements or replaces existing API clients.

It belongs on a shortlist when the buyer needs API work to be easier to test, document, and share. Test import support, environments, collaboration, automation, docs output, governance, and adjacent options such as API clients, developer portals, and OpenAPI tooling.

## Screenshots

- Screenshot 1: https://res.cloudinary.com/dhdy0tbpt/image/upload/v1778470211/ShipBoost/screenshots/seeded-og-stoplight.webp

## Links

- ShipBoost listing: https://shipboost.io/tools/stoplight
- Website: https://stoplight.io/
- Markdown: https://shipboost.io/tools/stoplight.md

## Explore

- More Development tools: https://shipboost.io/categories/development
- Tagged API Design: https://shipboost.io/tags/api-design
- Tagged API Documentation: https://shipboost.io/tags/api-documentation
- Tagged Openapi: https://shipboost.io/tags/openapi