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frostybee/openapi-playground
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A self-hosted OpenAPI documentation viewer with Swagger UI and RapiDoc support.

v1.0.0(4mo ago)20MITPHPPHP >=8.2

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OpenAPI Playground
==================

[](#openapi-playground)

A self-hosted OpenAPI documentation viewer with Swagger UI and RapiDoc support. Ideal for students and developers learning API documentation tools and for testing localhost APIs without CORS issues.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Can be deployed to any web server environment.
- Provides both Swagger UI and RapiDoc documentation viewers.
- Enables seamless testing of localhost APIs without cross-origin restrictions.
- Designed to assist students and developers in learning API documentation tools.
- Lightweight implementation that doesn't depend on complex framework requirements.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.2 or greater.
- Web server (Apache, Nginx, or equivalent HTTP server).
- Modern web browser.
- No additional database or server-side dependencies required.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Option 1: Using Composer (Recommended)

[](#option-1-using-composer-recommended)

Requires [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to be installed.

1. Navigate to your web server's document root folder.
2. Run the following command:

    ```
    composer create-project frostybee/openapi-playground [project-name]
    ```
3. Point your web server's document root at the `public/` directory of the created folder.
4. Open the home page at `http://localhost/[project-name]`.

### Option 2: Manual Installation

[](#option-2-manual-installation)

1. Clone the repository or [download the ZIP](https://github.com/frostybee/openapi-playground/archive/refs/heads/main.zip) and extract it:

    ```
    git clone https://github.com/frostybee/openapi-playground.git [project-name]
    ```
2. Point your web server's document root at the `public/` directory of the cloned folder.
3. Open the home page at `http://localhost/[project-name]`.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

- [Swagger Petstore](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-petstore)

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is distributed under the [MIT License](LICENSE). Users are free to use, modify, and distribute the software in accordance with the license terms. Contributions and feedback are welcome.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance76

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

128d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ca21d8b863eb84452bbf22c312ae3d18e4da2461becbdbd58f046e15d18095cb?d=identicon)[frostybee](/maintainers/frostybee)

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Top Contributors

[![frostybee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/805978?v=4)](https://github.com/frostybee "frostybee (18 commits)")

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Tags

apidocumentationswaggeropenapiplaygroundrapidoc

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