6 alternatives to json-server

typicode/json-server — Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously) (75,735 stars, MIT, database).

These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 9 licence-cleared components from typicode/json-server itself.

The alternatives in detail

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• gavv/httpexpect
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  score 7.0/10 · MIT permissive · 2,722 stars · 41 components · search them
• ookamiiixd/baileys-api
  A REST API implementation of Baileys, supporting multiple WhatsApp connections
  score 6.7/10 · MIT permissive · 473 stars · 10 components · search them
• samber/invoice-as-a-service
  💰 Simple invoicing service (REST API): from JSON to PDF
  score 6.7/10 · MIT permissive · 218 stars · 43 components · search them
• thevahidal/soul
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  score 6.0/10 · MIT permissive · 1,677 stars · 34 components · search them
• jikan-me/jikan-rest
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  score 4.4/10 · MIT permissive · 566 stars · 382 components · search them

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