Turn any OpenAPI spec into branded, Stripe-style API docs, locally, forever.
Agencies pay per-seat and per-client fees that scale with their success. Self-hosted, pay-once tools replace per-seat pricing with a flat cost that margins actually survive.
The tool this job usually means renting is ReadMe.io, at $99+/mo — roughly $1,188 a year, every year. Docsmith API does the job for a one-time $29 — running locally on your own machine.
Load OpenAPI 3.x or Swagger from a file or URL, JSON or YAML, with $refs fully dereferenced.
For agencies, import OpenAPI / Swagger pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $29, not metered per month.
Endpoint nav grouped by tag, full descriptions with parameters and schemas, and code samples beside live response examples.
For agencies, stripe-style 3-pane layout pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $29, not metered per month.
Requests fire from the app main process so there is no CORS pain, returning status, timing, headers and a pretty-printed body.
For agencies, try-it-out that works pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $29, not metered per month.
One payment of $29 gets you the packaged Windows installer, or clone the MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/api-docs-generator-mvp and run it yourself for free.
Launch the Electron desktop app; it builds the renderer on first run and works entirely on your machine.
Point it at your OpenAPI or Swagger spec, brand it, and export a complete static docs site you upload anywhere for free.
Docsmith API is $29, once. ReadMe.io at $99+/mo — roughly $1,188 a year, every year. A single month of ReadMe.io buys Docsmith three times over, and the static export it spits out costs $0 a month to host after that.
A single month of ReadMe.io buys Docsmith three times over, and the static export it spits out costs $0 a month to host after that. Docsmith API costs $29 once; ReadMe.io charges $99+/mo — about $1188 a year. For agencies, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
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.
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.