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Baklava vs Demystify
Demystify offers automated API docs without requiring tests, focusing on code analysis.
Short answer: Pick Baklava if you want test-driven API documentation; pick Demystify if you want code-analysis based docs. Baklava is free and open source; Demystify is free.
Which to pick
Pick Baklava if you want…
- Test-driven API documentation
Pick Demystify if you want…
- Code-analysis based docs
Side by side
- What it is
- Baklava:Baklava generates API documentation directly from your routing tests, ensuring docs stay in sync with code.
- Demystify:Automated documentation for APIs
- Best for
- Baklava:Test-driven API documentation
- Demystify:Code-analysis based docs
- Who it’s for
- Baklava:Scala backend developers using Pekko HTTP or http4s.
- Demystify:—
- Pricing
- Baklava:Open source
- Demystify:Free
- Starting price
- Baklava:Free
- Demystify:—
- Free plan or trial
- Baklava:Free to use
- Demystify:—
- Open source
- Baklava:Yes, 11 GitHub stars
- Demystify:Yes
- Works with
- Baklava:Pekko HTTP, http4s, ScalaTest, Specs2, MUnit, Scala 2.13
- Demystify:—
Baklava features
- Docs from tests. Capture paths, methods, params, security and responses from your test suite to auto-generate docs.
- Multiple output formats. Export OpenAPI 3.0, SwaggerUI, HTML, TypeScript contracts (ts-rest, Zod), Postman, sttp and more.
- Zero-config integration. Add a dependency and Baklava discovers the format automatically, no separate spec files needed.
- Works with popular Scala stacks. Supports Pekko HTTP, http4s, ScalaTest, Specs2 and MUnit on Scala 2.13 or 3.
- SBT plugin. Run `sbt test` and documentation is generated in `target/baklava/`.
- Open source license. Released under Apache 2.0, free to use and modify.
Demystify features
Automated documentation for APIs
Baklava vs Demystify FAQ
What is the difference between Baklava and Demystify?+
Demystify offers automated API docs without requiring tests, focusing on code analysis.
Should I use Baklava or Demystify?+
Pick Baklava if you want test-driven API documentation. Pick Demystify if you want code-analysis based docs.
Is Baklava or Demystify free?+
Baklava is free and open source. Demystify is listed as free on DevHunt.
Is Baklava or Demystify open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Baklava (theiterators/baklava on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license) and Demystify (AndrewWalsh/demystify on GitHub).
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