OpenAPI Generator
Generates client SDKs, server stubs and documentation from an OpenAPI description across more than fifty languages — the most widely deployed code generator in the ecosystem.
Specifications it implements
What this tool does to each specification, in the role vocabulary. Follow a standard through to standards.apievangelist.com for what it actually specifies.
| Standard | Role | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAPI | generates |
Produces: sdk, server-stub, documentation |
- Interfaces
clicontainerci-actionlibrary- Install
-
npm
@openapitools/openapi-generator-clibrewopenapi-generator - Invoke
npx @openapitools/openapi-generator-cli generate -i <spec.yaml> -g <generator> -o <out-dir>- Consumes
- openapi
- Emits
- source-code
- Runtime
- Needs network Deterministic Writes No credentials
Where it applies
Jobs this tool actually does, and the surface each one is exercised on.
Writes a whole tree of files — an agent should generate into a scratch directory and diff, never straight over a working source tree.
- Website
- https://openapi-generator.tech
- Repository
- https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator
- License
- Apache-2.0 — reported by the GitHub API, verified 2026-09-17
- Stars
- 26746 · last commit 2026-09-17
/tools.json,
against the tool.schema.json
schema, using the roles.json
vocabulary. Start at /llms.txt.