aid: dredd
name: Dredd
description: >-
  Dredd is a language-agnostic, open source HTTP API testing framework that
  validates API implementations against API Blueprint or OpenAPI (2.0/3.0)
  description documents.
type: Index
position: Tooling
access: Open Source
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Contract Testing
  - API Testing
  - OpenAPI
  - API Blueprint
  - Tooling
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dredd/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: dredd:dredd
    name: Dredd
    description: >-
      Dredd is a language-agnostic command-line tool for validating an API
      description document against a backend implementation. It supports API
      Blueprint, OpenAPI 2.0, and OpenAPI 3.0, and provides hooks for custom
      test setup and teardown.
    humanURL: https://dredd.org
    tags:
      - Contract Testing
      - API Testing
      - OpenAPI
      - API Blueprint
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dredd.org/en/latest/
      - type: GitHub Repository
        url: https://github.com/apiaryio/dredd
      - type: NPM Package
        url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dredd
      - type: Issues
        url: https://github.com/apiaryio/dredd/issues
      - type: Releases
        url: https://github.com/apiaryio/dredd/releases
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://dredd.org
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dredd.org/en/latest/
  - type: GitHub Organization
    url: https://github.com/apiaryio
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com