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HTTPie
✓ verifiedFreemium
Human-friendly API testing client for terminal, desktop and web, known for readable syntax; the CLI is open source.
82K visits/mo
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The New GitBook
✓ verifiedFreemium
Documentation platform for publishing accurate, AI-ready docs sites, with Git sync and an MCP server for AI tools.
653K visits/mo2.9K saves
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Eraser AI
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI co-pilot for technical diagrams and design docs, with diagram-as-code and integrations for engineering teams.
873K visits/mo41K saves
Pricing
No public pricing
Starter: €0 / month
Pro: €15 / month
Pro +: €40 / month
Team: €80 / month
Scale: €250 / month
No public pricing
No public pricing
Free trial available
Free: $0 (3 files, 3 AI diagrams)
Starter: $15/user/mo billed annually (40 AI diagrams)
Business: $45/user/mo billed annually (250 AI diagrams, SSO)
Core features
- ✦Human-friendly command-line HTTP client
- ✦Web and desktop GUI apps
- ✦Simple, readable request syntax
- ✦Request export/import and history
- ✦Path parameters and 'copy as command'
- ✦Open-source terminal version
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- ✦Fully managed TiDB service
- ✦Easy deployment on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud
- ✦Scalable and reliable MySQL-compatible database
- ✦Elastic scaling of storage, transactional, and analytical workloads
- ✦Robust security compliance (SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001/27701, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA)
- ✦Publish structured documentation sites
- ✦Git sync for docs-as-code workflows
- ✦AI setup agent to build and import docs
- ✦GitBook MCP server for AI access
- ✦Enterprise controls
- ✦Free tier to start
- ✦AI-generated diagrams from prompts
- ✦Diagram-as-code editing
- ✦Markdown design docs
- ✦Eraserbot auto-updating codebase diagrams
- ✦Integrations: GitHub, Notion, Confluence, VS Code
- ✦Export to PNG/SVG/PDF/MD and MCP server
Use cases
- →Testing REST APIs
- →Sending and inspecting HTTP requests
- →Debugging web services
- →Sharing API requests across a team
- →Generating concise marketing introductions from lengthy content using the Text Summarization API.
- →Translating text into multiple languages using the Text Translation API.
- →Ensuring grammatically correct and polished text using the Proofreading and Grammar Check API.
- →Building mission-critical applications requiring scalable and reliable databases
- →Managing and scaling transactional and analytical workloads
- →Deploying databases across multiple cloud providers and regions
- →Ensuring data security and compliance with industry standards
- →Publish product and API documentation
- →Maintain docs-as-code with Git sync
- →Make docs consumable by AI assistants
- →Import existing docs into a hosted site
- →Create architecture and cloud diagrams fast
- →Write and maintain design docs
- →Keep codebase diagrams up to date
- →Embed live diagrams in Notion/Confluence
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