Dev.to vs Zen Quotes

Dev.to's API (built on the open-source Forem platform) exposes articles, users, comments and other community content as JSON, with most read endpoints open to the public and write/user-scoped endpoints requiring a key. A live GET against the real gateway, dev.to/api/articles, returned genuine article JSON while carrying Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, resolving cors unknown -> yes; no key was required for this public read call, though write endpoints still require the documented API Key. Free for community use with no paid tier — pricingModel free.

ZenQuotes serves a large collection of inspirational quotes as JSON, with a free rate-limited tier and a paid premium subscription unlocking unlimited requests and self-hosting. A live GET against the real gateway, zenquotes.io/api/random, returned a genuine quote with no Access-Control-Allow-Origin header on either a GET or an OPTIONS preflight, resolving cors yes -> no; no key was required, reconfirming auth None. pricingModel freemium.