https://www.solosoft.dev/tags/rest-api/Recent content in REST API on SoloSoftHugoen-usSun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/public-apis-free-api-list-github/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/public-apis-free-api-list-github/<h1 id="public-apis-the-461k-star-free-api-list-that-became-githubs-4th-most-starred-repo">public-apis: The 461k-Star Free API List That Became GitHub&rsquo;s 4th Most-Starred Repo</h1> <p>Some GitHub repositories are code. Some are documentation. And some — like <a href="https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis">public-apis/public-apis</a> — are something stranger: <strong>a markdown file that out-starred Linux.</strong></p> <p>461,000+ stars. 50.9k forks. 5,108 commits. The <strong>4th most-starred repository on all of GitHub</strong> — ahead of React, TensorFlow, and the Linux kernel <strong>combined</strong>. And its entire core product is a list of free APIs, organized in tables.</p> <p>This is the story of that list: how it was born, how it nearly died, how four volunteers resurrected it into a phenomenon — and why you should still be careful using it in 2026.</p>