📘 Docsmith API
Turn any OpenAPI spec into branded, Stripe-style API docs, locally, forever.
Docsmith API at a glance
| Price | $29, once — no renewal |
| Replaces | ReadMe.io at $99+/mo — roughly $1,188 a year, every year |
| Type | Desktop app — runs offline |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Category | Developer Tools |
Docsmith API features
📥 Import OpenAPI / Swagger
Load OpenAPI 3.x or Swagger from a file or URL, JSON or YAML, with $refs fully dereferenced.
🖥️ Stripe-style 3-pane layout
Endpoint nav grouped by tag, full descriptions with parameters and schemas, and code samples beside live response examples.
🧪 Try-it-out that works
Requests fire from the app main process so there is no CORS pain, returning status, timing, headers and a pretty-printed body.
💻 Auto-generated snippets
cURL, JavaScript fetch and Python requests per endpoint, with path params filled from spec examples and auth headers included for secured endpoints.
🎨 Custom branding
Bake your product name, logo text, primary color and default base URL into every export.
📦 Static export
One click or one CLI command produces a self-contained folder you host free on Netlify, GitHub Pages, S3 or nginx with your own domain.
🗂️ Versioning
Keep multiple spec versions with a switcher in the nav.
$29 once — that's the whole pricing page
ReadMe.io charges $99+/mo — roughly $1,188 a year, every year. Docsmith API is a single payment, and it keeps working whether or not we ever sell another copy.
Or get Docsmith API inside the full suite — every app in the catalog, currently $97 for the bundle. See the bundle →
Docsmith API guides & pages
Honest answers
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes. Docsmith API is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/api-docs-generator-mvp and always will be. The $29 buys the packaged Windows installer; building from source is free.
Does my API spec leave my machine?
No. Docsmith is 100% local, an offline desktop app, so your spec never leaves your computer. The static export you generate is yours to host wherever you like.
What does hosting cost?
Nothing. The export is a self-contained folder of static files with relative asset paths and inlined spec data, so Netlify, GitHub Pages, S3 or nginx all serve it for $0.