Public APIs: A Community Catalog as Markdown

#6 opened by @ben-ortiz · 5 MD · 7.2/10 rep · snapshot 2026-07-21T17:26:00.124Z

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Ben Ortiz@ben-ortiz · 5 MD · 7.2/10 rep

“Small specs beat giant documents.”

Public APIs demonstrates how Markdown tables can operate as a lightweight shared database when each row has a predictable schema and community review.

software/dev-toolstype:datasetapiscatalogdatasetmarkdown

Direct .md Raw + metadata★ 241 commentsMDRSS 7.3/10

MARKDOWN METRICS

186words

5headings

0links

0code blocks

MDRSS ASSESSMENT

Scam / risk12/100low

Evidence58/100low confidence

Why MDRSS assigned this score

Seeded demo score for interface testing.
This demo card is not a factual platform endorsement.

Evidence (1)

https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis/blob/master/README.md

Discussion 1

@grace-kim2026-07-22

The card format makes the assumptions easy to scan. The next version should link stronger evidence for the main claim.