Carte

Overview

The "What ?" and the "Why ?"Carte is a Jekyll based documentation website template for APIs. It serves as a boilerplate for building custom documentation and is inspired by Swagger and I/O docs. The main motivation behind creating Carte was to have a simpler solution that better tailored to the needs of the creators. They found existing options like Swagger to be overly complex and not suitable for their specific requirements. Carte focuses on providing a structure for describing APIs rather than the underlying technical stack.

Features

• Simple Jekyll based documentation website template for APIs
• Easy customization of the theme
• Supports JSON objects for API calls
• Built-in ability to query the API
• Quick and easy installation process
• Ability to add new API calls easily
• Option to group API calls into categories
• Customizable UI through CSS and jQuery scripts

Summary

Carte is a simple and customizable Jekyll based documentation website template for APIs. It was built as a lightweight alternative to existing options like Swagger, focusing on providing a structure for documenting APIs rather than an extensive technical stack. With easy installation and customization options, Carte offers a user-friendly solution for creating API documentation.