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HydraConsole is a generic API console for Hydra-powered Web APIs

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HydraConsole
============

[](#hydraconsole)

[Hydra](http://www.markus-lanthaler.com/hydra/) is a lightweight vocabulary to create hypermedia-driven Web APIs. By specifying a number of commonly used concepts it renders the creation of generic API clients possible. The HydraConsole is such a generic API client in the form of a single-page web application.

For a high level description of how the HydraConsole works, please refer to my dissertation [Third Generation Web APIs—Bridging the Gap between REST and Linked Data](http://m.lanthi.com/3gen-web-apis-p171).

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

[](#installation)

At the moment, the HydraConsole uses a [JSON-LD Processor](http://m.lanthi.com/json-ld) and a proxy written in PHP to access and process responses of Web APIs. Thus, the simplest way to install the HydraConsole is to use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/).

If you don't have Composer yet, download it following the instructions on  or just run the following command:

```
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php

```

Then, use Composer's `create-project` command to download the HydraConsole and install all it's dependencies:

```
php composer.phar create-project -s dev ml/hydra-console path/to/install

```

You can now serve the HydraConsole with PHP's built-in web server:

```
php -S localhost:8000 -t path/to/install

```

That's it. Just fire up your browser and point it to

```
http://localhost:8000

```

Collaboration
-------------

[](#collaboration)

To participate in the development please file bugs and issues in the issue tracker or submit pull requests. If there's enough interest I'll create a dedicated mailing list in the future.

You can find more information about Hydra and a demo installation of the HydraConsole on my homepage:

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.3% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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