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APIs.guru vs Hipsum

APIs.guru

APIs.guru maintains the largest searchable directory of OpenAPI/Swagger definitions for public APIs, normalizing specs pulled from thousands of providers into one browsable catalogue. Its own machine-readable endpoint (api.apis.guru/v2) needs no key or account and returns the full listing plus individual OpenAPI documents as JSON or YAML. The project is open-source and entirely free, run as a community effort rather than a paid product.

Hipsum

Hipsum is a small, keyless JSON API that generates hipster-themed lorem ipsum text — pure hipster jargon or a mix of hipster-speak and classic Latin filler, with control over paragraph or sentence counts. It's a single-maintainer WordPress-hosted side project with no published rate limit and no support commitment, but the endpoint responds reliably and sends permissive CORS headers.

APIs.guruHipsum
AuthenticationNoneNone
Pricingfreefree
FormatsJSON, YAMLJSON
CORSnoyes
HTTPSYesYes

Hipsum supports CORS, while APIs.guru doesn't — pick Hipsum for direct browser calls.

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