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WebSlurp

LiveWatched 16d

A free, open-source Chrome DevTools extension for testing APIs — capture, inspect, edit, and replay HTTP requests without an external proxy, plus a quick header and secrets audit.

FreeOpen source
What to know
How it works
A Chrome DevTools extension that captures, inspects, edits, and replays HTTP/HTTPS requests without an external proxy, plus a Quick Security Check that audits headers and flags secrets or PII.
What's different
Works without needing to route traffic through an external proxy, unlike typical API testing setups.
Pricing
Free and open-source.
Best for
Developers testing API security directly inside Chrome DevTools.
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Lets developers add customizable vector maps to their projects instead of paying for commercial map APIs with sign-ups and rate limits.

FreeNo sign-upOpen source
What to know
How it works
Vector tile server built on OpenStreetMap and MapLibre with 3D terrain and hillshading.
Pricing
free, no API keys, no request limits
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Sanwo

LiveWatched 8d

An open-source SDK that unifies multiple payment providers (Paystack, Flutterwave, Razorpay, Monnify, Interswitch) behind one API, instead of integrating each provider separately across web, mobile, and no-code platforms.

FreeOpen source
What to know
How it works
Native SDKs for React, Vue, Svelte, React Native, Flutter, iOS, Android, plus no-code plugins for Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace.
Pricing
Free forever, Apache-2.0 licensed.
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VeloIQ

LiveWatched 10d

An open-source Python framework that auto-generates a REST API, admin back-office, and React CRUD UI from your data models, for developers building internal tools locally.

Works offlineOpen source
What to know
How it works
define data models once in Python; generates API, admin panel, and UI automatically
What's different
open source, local-first, data stays on your infrastructure
Best for
developers building CRUD apps without hand-building each layer
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TokenLab MCP Server

LiveWatched 10d

An open-source MCP server that lets AI agents compare model pricing and call multiple AI provider APIs (text, image, video, audio) directly.

Open source
What to know
How it works
Ships 31-77 tools covering text, image, video, audio, embeddings and translation APIs via MCP
Pricing
Open source
Best for
Developers building MCP agents that need to call multiple AI model APIs
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polyrouter

LiveWatched 7d

Lets developers route agent traffic to any LLM through one self-hosted endpoint instead of juggling multiple provider keys.

Open sourceSelf-hosted
What to know
How it works
Explicit-first routing with fallbacks, hard spend limits, and metadata-only cost tracking.
Pricing
open-source, self-hosted, zero markup
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Astraio Client

LiveWatched 15d

A free, native Rust desktop app for testing HTTP/GraphQL/WebSocket APIs, for developers wanting a fast, low-memory alternative to Postman/Insomnia.

Open source
What to know
How it works
An open-source API client built in Rust with a native Iced GUI, supporting HTTP, GraphQL, WebSockets and more for API testing.
What's different
Native Rust performance with lower memory use than Electron-based API clients.
Pricing
Open-source.
Best for
Developers wanting a fast, low-memory alternative to Postman or Insomnia.
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Offline desktop API testing client (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) that keeps all your requests and tokens on your machine instead of a vendor cloud.

FreeWorks offlineData stays with you
What to know
How it works
runs 100% offline, stores collections in local SQLite and tokens in the OS keychain
Pricing
free, open source (MIT)
Best for
developers who don't want API collections synced to a third-party cloud
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Bundles five small free-tier developer APIs (WHOIS, company lookup, email validation, geolocation, sanctions screening) as a cheaper alternative to separate paid subscriptions.

Watch out · Built with Cursor AI; open source on GitHub.

FreeOpen source
What to know
How it works
Bundles five production APIs: Domain WHOIS via RDAP, Company Info from Wikipedia/Wikidata, Email Validator with MX+SMTP, IP Geolocation with dual-source fallback, and a Sanctions Screener with 20K+ OFAC/UN entities.
Pricing
Free tier: 100 requests/month, no credit card.
Watch out
Built with Cursor AI; open source on GitHub.
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Adaptora - Open Source

LiveWatched 24d

A self-hosted agent that lets you talk to any REST API in plain English through its MCP layer, using your own LLM such as Ollama — built for developers.

Open sourceSelf-hosted
What to know
How it works
A self-hosted agent with an MCP layer that lets you talk to any REST API in natural language, using your own LLM (e.g. Ollama) instead of a hosted one.
What's different
Bring-your-own-LLM and fully self-hosted, so API credentials and data stay under your control.
Best for
Developers who want to interact with REST APIs conversationally while keeping their own LLM and data ownership.
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VernLLM

LiveWatched 10d

A reliability wrapper library for developers making LLM API calls, handling retries, timeouts, and malformed JSON automatically across providers.

Open source
What to know
How it works
One typed call() wraps retries/timeouts/circuit-breaking and validates output with Zod against JSON Schema.
What's different
Works across OpenAI, Groq, Anthropic, Gemini, and Bedrock with one interface.
Pricing
Open source, MIT licensed.
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Posthawk

LiveWatched 15d

An edge-native transactional email service for Next.js/Vercel/Cloudflare apps, with a self-hosted open-source option, for developers who don't want to run their own email infrastructure.

Open sourceSelf-hosted
What to know
How it works
An edge-native transactional email service for Next.js, Vercel and Cloudflare Workers, with an open-source self-host option.
What's different
Runs at the edge alongside the deploy rather than as a separate hosted email service, and can be self-hosted.
Best for
Developers on Next.js/Vercel/Cloudflare who want transactional email without running their own infrastructure.
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SDKCraft

LiveWatched 19d

A free, open-source CLI and web tool that turns an OpenAPI spec into a ready-to-use client SDK in TypeScript, Python, Go, Dart or Java — a developer tool, not an API service.

FreeNo sign-upOpen source
What to know
How it works
Turns an OpenAPI spec into a production-ready SDK in TypeScript, Python, Go, Dart or Java, with a code preview, ZIP download, a CLI (npx sdkcraft), API change detection, and an AI documentation generator.
What's different
Free, open source and requires no signup.
Pricing
Free and open source.
Best for
Developers who need a client SDK generated from an existing OpenAPI spec instead of writing one by hand.
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PWAA

LiveWatched 11d

Packs an entire web app or documentation site into a single offline ZIP file that runs without breaking on JS/CORS restrictions, unlike typical offline export formats.

Works offlineOpen source
What to know
How it works
Maps a ZIP to memory and spins up a local HTTP server so the packed app 'thinks' it's online
What's different
Open source, avoids CORS breakage that plagues other offline formats
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Toki

LiveWatched 15d

Self-hosted, open-source REST API that exposes MyAnimeList data through 70+ read-only endpoints, requiring no database or API key.

Open sourceSelf-hosted
What to know
How it works
Exposes public MyAnimeList data through 70+ read-only JSON REST API endpoints covering anime, manga, characters, users, rankings, seasons, reviews, and recommendations; written in Go, runs as a single binary with no database, API key, OAuth flow, or MyAnimeList developer credentials required.
What's different
Built as a lightweight alternative to Jikan.
Pricing
Open source, free to self-host.
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h5i-python

LiveWatched 16d

A Python SDK for scripting multi-agent coding workflows, letting different AI coding agents implement, review, and compete on tasks in isolated git worktrees.

Open source
What to know
How it works
Lets developers script the full development process in Python so agents like Claude Code and Codex implement independently, review one another, revise, run neutral tests, compete, and safely apply the winner, each working in an isolated Git worktree.
What's different
Open source, includes 40 multi-agent LLM paper workflows.
Best for
Developers scripting multi-agent coding workflows.
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Api Key Chain

LiveWatched 17d

Lets developers test, validate, and securely store API keys for providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and Stripe in one place.

FreeOpen source
What to know
How it works
tests and validates keys with auto-detection of the provider across 20+ services and stores them securely
Pricing
free, open source
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WooCommerce MCP

LiveWatched 19d

An open-source MCP server that lets Claude answer read-only questions about your WooCommerce store — products, stock, orders, sales — via the official REST APIs; a developer tool to set up, not an end-user app.

Open source
What to know
How it works
An open-source MCP server that gives Claude or any MCP client read-only answers about a WordPress + WooCommerce store — products, stock, recent orders, sales reports and blog posts — via the official REST APIs with read keys.
What's different
Read-only by design: no writes and no plugin installs, just the official REST APIs.
Pricing
Open-source (free to self-host).
Best for
Developers setting up Claude or another MCP client to answer questions about their WooCommerce store.
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ICTCore

LiveWatched 24d

An open-source framework for developers and integrators to build custom business communication apps like auto-attendants and fax-to-email — a toolkit, not ready-to-use software.

Open source
What to know
How it works
An open-source communications framework that lets developers build custom communication applications such as auto attendants, fax-to-email and click-to-call, with custom business logic controlling incoming and outgoing communication.
What's different
Serves as a common server-side backend for CTI-related projects rather than a ready-to-use application.
Best for
Developers and integrators building custom telephony or communication applications.
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MCP-Billing

LiveWatched 5d
FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted
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Laravel Eupago

LiveWatched 5d
Open source
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Routara

LiveWatched 5d
Open source
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Lets developers expose memory, skills and live data behind one MCP endpoint instead of wiring multiple separate integrations.

Open source
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