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Dredd

Language-agnostic HTTP API Testing Tool.

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Introduction

Dredd is a language-agnostic command-line tool for validating API description document against backend implementation of the API.

The latest GitHub release listed on 25 Oct 2026 was [email protected], published 2021-11-16.

Features

These items are quoted from public documentation fetched on 25 Oct 2026. Taken from repository README headings.

  1. Howtos, Tutorials, Blogposts (3rd party): - Maintenir à jour sa documentation d’API avec Dredd! 05/06/2019 - Dredd - Language-agnostic HTTP API Testing Tool - Interview with Honza Javorek 03/22/2019 - Laravel OpenAPI 3 Documentation Verification Using Dredd 02/24/2019 - Testing your API with Dredd 09/27/2018 - Writing Testable API Documentation Using APIB and…

Pros

Points stated in the public sources fetched on 25 Oct 2026:

  1. Published license: The GitHub repository lists MIT License (MIT).
  2. Repository topics: The repository’s GitHub topics include api, api-blueprint, cli-app, dredd, http, integration-testing, openapi, openapi-validation.

Cons

The pages fetched on 25 Oct 2026 do not publish a limitations list. That absence is not evidence that the tool has no drawbacks. Current issues are tracked at https://github.com/apiaryio/dredd/issues.

The fetched README did not include a fenced code example. Use the official documentation linked below.

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Pricing

The repository lists MIT License (MIT). No public price was found on the pages fetched on 25 Oct 2026. This rewrite does not guess a number. Check the official website before treating the tool as free or paid.

The fetched pages do not name a target audience. Decide fit from the official description and the feature list above.

Conclusion

Dredd is summarized by its public description as: “Language-agnostic HTTP API Testing Tool.”.

The latest GitHub release listed was [email protected], published 2021-11-16.

This page was rebuilt on 25 Oct 2026 from dredd.org, github.com. It keeps only what those pages stated. Confirm the current product, license, and price on the official site before you adopt it.