Revisiting the features offered in WADL, RAML, and Swagger

The following table summarizes the discussion that we have had so far on the WADL, RAML, and Swagger tools:

Features

WADL

RAML

Swagger

Release date

2009

2013

2011

File format

XML

RAML

JSON/YAML

Open source

Yes

Yes

Yes

Commercial offering

No

Yes

Yes

Language support

Java

JS, Java, Node, PHP, Python, and Ruby

Clojure, Go, JS, Java, .Net, Node, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Scala

Authentication

No

Basic, Digest, OAuth 1, and OAuth 2

Basic, API Key, and OAuth 2

API console

No

Yes

Yes

Code generation for server (Java)

No

Yes

Yes

Code generation for client (Java)

Yes

Yes

Yes

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