# apispec

Pluggable API specification generator for Python that currently supports the OpenAPI Specification.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/apispec/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://apispec.readthedocs.io/
- repository: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec
- docs: https://apispec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Steven Loria, Jérôme Lafréchoux, and contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.11
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pip

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-11-04

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1222
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 83
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://apispec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/marshmallow-code/apispec (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://apispec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/marshmallow-code/apispec/commits/43c32366d4759c1f6eb7640db3fe61d2602ce417 (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/blob/dev/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/blob/dev/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://apispec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/marshmallow-code/apispec (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/blob/6.10.1/pyproject.toml (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/blob/6.10.1/pyproject.toml (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://apispec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/blob/dev/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/blob/dev/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/blob/6.10.1/pyproject.toml (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/apispec/json (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/marshmallow-code/apispec (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/marshmallow-code/apispec/contributors (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

apispec is a pluggable API specification generator for Python that currently supports the OpenAPI Specification. It is framework-agnostic: web frameworks connect through plugins, and marshmallow schemas are supported as a built-in plugin. A project installs it from PyPI with pip.

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