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voiden: API design in Markdown

Design, test and document APIs with voiden, a Git native tool for founders, with 1.2k+ GitHub stars

From the repo · “Design, Test and Document APIs in plain Markdown. Compose Requests with API blocks. Reuse, Replace & Version everything just like code. Offline, Truly Git Native, No Lock-in.”

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free (open-source)
1,893 stars+80★ this week87 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jul 2Updated 10/21/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Design REST APIs and GraphQL queries using Markdown to test and document your API.

Real use case example

"A founder, Emma, wanted to build an API endpoint for her e-commerce website to send a confirmation email to customers after checkout. She used voiden to compose the API request and then exported it as code to integrate it with her Stripe payments system. It took her about 30 minutes and she was able to see the result immediately."

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When to use it
  • •When you need to create API documentation that's easy to maintain and update
  • •When you want to test and iterate on API designs without writing code
  • •When you need to collaborate with team members on API development and documentation
Ready-to-paste prompt
Create a new API request using `### Request | POST | /users | {"name": "John Doe", "email": "john@example.com"}`
Heads up: Make sure you have Node.js and TypeScript installed on your system, as voiden is built with TypeScript and requires a compatible runtime environment
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🛠️ Technical setup

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Try it instantly — no install
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mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/voiden && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/voiden/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/voiden/SKILL.md
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How voiden: API design in Markdown works
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Voiden: API design in Markdown is a very large TypeScript project (~119k lines across 556 code files, plus 1 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~119k lines · 556 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Node.js
No API keys detected
TypeScript 94%JavaScript 3%CSS 1%C++ 1%Shell 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
What's in each folder
apps/ui/Frontend / UI399 files
packages/Sub-packages / plugins78 files
docs/Documentation21 files
apps/electron/Package162 files
scripts/Helper scripts5 files
patches/Patches4 files
nix/Folder2 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)10 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
VoidenHQ
Language
TypeScript
Category
devtools
Published
5/9/2025

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