Scalar

How to set up an OpenAPI mock server

How the Scalar creates APIs you can’t believe aren’t real

Aug 19 • 

Ian

1

July 2025

How to do OpenAPI validation (and why it matters)

How OpenAPI validation works with Scalar

Jul 7 • 

Ian

May 2025

How we created an animated, responsive README

For an open source project, your README is your landing page.

May 28 • 

Ian

1

How Scalar themes work

Every product can be thought of as a combination of three things: data, functionality, and display.

May 7 • 

Ian

1

April 2025

How Cloudinary’s API docs create a great developer experience

And how Scalar helps...

Apr 28 • 

Ian

An introduction to OpenAPI variables

Everything you need to know...

Apr 23 • 

Ian

1

How we extended the OpenAPI specification

Environments, code samples, internal endpoints, and more.

Apr 6 • 

Ian

3

March 2025

A guide to OpenAPI security (and how we handle it in Scalar)

Keeping your APIs safe, one OpenAPI doc at a time

Mar 26 • 

Ian

1

The hidden complexity of building drag and drop

What we learned building our own slick drag and drop package at Scalar

Mar 19 • 

Ian

2

How we sped up our API docs 25x

Finding and fixing our shockingly slow sidebar

Mar 12 • 

Ian

2

How .NET 9 and Scalar solve the problem of under-documented APIs

.NET 9 🤝 Scalar

Mar 5 • 

Ian

2

February 2025

Scalar Joins the Open-Source Pledge

Sep 1st, 2024

Feb 28 • 

Marc

2