Top REST repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “rest”: 35 repositories with 976k stars between them, mostly written in Python, Java and TypeScript. The highest-rated is fastapi/fastapi, #287 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

litestar-org/litestar

Open on GitHubPython

Light, flexible and extensible ASGI framework | Built to scale

  • 1,460−3 Elo, change today
  • 8.5k stars
  • 689 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar.git
  • api
  • asgi
  • asyncio
  • litestar

sindresorhus/ky

Open on GitHubTypeScript

🌳 Tiny & elegant JavaScript HTTP client based on the Fetch API

  • 1,550−2 Elo, change today
  • 17.1k stars
  • 550 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/sindresorhus/ky.git
  • fetch
  • http-client
  • http-request
  • javascript

wiremock/wiremock

Open on GitHubJava

A tool for mocking HTTP services

  • 1,445+1 Elo, change today
  • 7.4k stars
  • 1.5k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/wiremock/wiremock.git
  • apis
  • hacktoberfest
  • http
  • java

PostgREST/postgrest

Open on GitHubHaskell

REST API for any Postgres database

  • 1,588−7 Elo, change today
  • 27.7k stars
  • 1.2k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest.git
  • api
  • automatic-api
  • database
  • haskell

dropwizard/dropwizard

Open on GitHubJava

A damn simple library for building production-ready RESTful web services.

  • 1,399+1 Elo, change today
  • 8.5k stars
  • 3.4k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard.git
  • dropwizard
  • hibernate
  • java
  • jax-rs

Top 35 on the Elo ladder

  1. #287
    fastapi/fastapi

    FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production

    2,073 Elo −28104kPython
  2. #923
    hoppscotch/hoppscotch

    Open-Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI •…

    1,871 Elo −2980.8kTypeScript
  3. #945
    strapi/strapi

    🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and…

    1,866 Elo −3573.4kTypeScript
  4. #1,144
    goldbergyoni/nodebestpractices

    ✅ The Node.js best practices list (July 2026)

    1,835 Elo −53105kDockerfile
  5. #1,263
    MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF

    Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) is an automated, all-in-one mobile application (Android/iOS/Windows) pen-testing…

    1,818 Elo −1922.2kPython
  6. #1,381
    TanStack/query

    🤖 Powerful asynchronous state management, server-state utilities and data fetching for the web. TS/JS, React Query…

    1,800 Elo −2450.5kTypeScript
  7. #1,703
    bigskysoftware/htmx

    </> htmx - high power tools for HTML

    1,760 Elo −3949.6kJavaScript
  8. #1,736
    typicode/json-server

    Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)

    1,757 Elo −4375.7kJavaScript
  9. #1,902
    OAI/OpenAPI-Specification

    The OpenAPI Specification Repository

    1,738 Elo −7431.3kMarkdown
  10. #2,000
    OpenAPITools/openapi-generator

    OpenAPI Generator allows generation of API client libraries (SDK generation), server stubs, documentation and…

    1,727 Elo −3726.8kJava
  11. #2,032
    FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr

    Proxy server to bypass Cloudflare protection

    1,724 Elo +5516.2kPython
  12. #2,036
    httpie/cli

    🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions…

    1,723 Elo −638.7kPython
  13. #2,136
    swagger-api/swagger-ui

    Swagger UI is a collection of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS assets that dynamically generate beautiful documentation from a…

    1,712 Elo −6229kJavaScript
  14. #2,210
    encode/django-rest-framework

    Web APIs for Django. 🎸

    1,705 Elo −6130.2kPython
  15. #2,357
    marmelab/react-admin

    A frontend Framework for single-page applications on top of REST/GraphQL APIs, using TypeScript, React and Material…

    1,690 Elo −4926.9kTypeScript
  16. #3,755
    PostgREST/postgrest

    REST API for any Postgres database

    1,588 Elo +1927.7kHaskell
  17. #3,764
    swagger-api/swagger-codegen

    swagger-codegen contains a template-driven engine to generate documentation, API clients and server stubs in different…

    1,587 Elo −3817.8kMustache
  18. #4,251
    kgrzybek/modular-monolith-with-ddd

    Full Modular Monolith application with Domain-Driven Design approach.

    1,559 Elo −5514.1kC#
  19. #4,417
    sindresorhus/ky

    🌳 Tiny & elegant JavaScript HTTP client based on the Fetch API

    1,550 Elo +3217.1kTypeScript
  20. #4,961
    darrenburns/posting

    The modern API client that lives in your terminal.

    1,521 Elo +612.6kGo
  21. #6,003
    1,473 Elo −159.4kJavaScript
  22. #6,318
    litestar-org/litestar

    Light, flexible and extensible ASGI framework | Built to scale

    1,460 Elo +478.5kPython
  23. #6,478
    kubeshark/kubeshark

    eBPF-powered network observability for Kubernetes. Indexes L4/L7 traffic with full K8s context, decrypts TLS without…

    1,453 Elo −1312.1kGo
  24. #6,489
    lihengming/spring-boot-api-project-seed

    :seedling::rocket:一个基于Spring Boot & MyBatis的种子项目,用于快速构建中小型API、RESTful API项目~

    1,453 Elo −409.6kJava
  25. #6,688
    wiremock/wiremock

    A tool for mocking HTTP services

    1,445 Elo +247.4kJava
  26. #7,312
    falconry/falcon

    The no-magic web API and microservices framework for Python developers, with a focus on reliability and performance at…

    1,421 Elo −79.8kPython
  27. #7,510
    mockoon/mockoon

    Mockoon is the easiest and quickest way to run mock APIs locally. No remote deployment, no account required, open…

    1,414 Elo +108.4kTypeScript
  28. #7,610
    rest-assured/rest-assured

    Java DSL for easy testing of REST services

    1,410 Elo −67.1kJava
  29. #7,853
    swagger-api/swagger-core

    Examples and server integrations for generating the Swagger API Specification, which enables easy access to your REST…

    1,401 Elo −167.5kJava
  30. #7,909
    dropwizard/dropwizard

    A damn simple library for building production-ready RESTful web services.

    1,399 Elo +168.5kJava
  31. #7,940
    api-platform/api-platform

    🕸️ Create REST and GraphQL APIs, scaffold Jamstack webapps, stream changes in real-time.

    1,398 Elo −279.2kPHP
  32. #9,542
    bottlepy/bottle

    bottle.py is a fast and simple micro-framework for python web-applications.

    1,314 Elo +168.8kPython
  33. #9,543
    pyeve/eve

    REST API framework designed for human beings

    1,314 Elo −106.7kPython
  34. #10,058
    ninenines/cowboy

    Small, fast, modern HTTP server for Erlang/OTP.

    883 Elo −1487.5kErlang
  35. #10,200
    kemalcr/kemal

    Fast, Effective, Simple Web Framework

    677 Elo −873.9kCrystal