A free, read-only REST API over the entire AlternativeHub catalog. Build integrations, dashboards, or your own discovery tools on top of thousands of community-rated software listings — all responses are JSON.
No key required
Public and free. Just make a GET request.
CORS-enabled
Call it straight from the browser, any origin.
Rate-limited
120 requests/min per IP, cached at the edge.
https://alternativehub.in/api/v1Machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 spec — import it into Postman, Insomnia or Swagger UI, or generate a typed client.
/api/v1/toolsList published tools with pagination, search, filtering and sorting.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
q | Full-text search across name, tagline and description. |
category | Filter by category slug (e.g. ai-tools). |
pricing | FREE · FREEMIUM · PAID · SUBSCRIPTION · ONE_TIME · OPEN_SOURCE · CONTACT |
sort | popular (default) · top_rated · newest · name |
page | 1-based page number. |
limit | Results per page (1–50, default 20). |
Example
curl "https://alternativehub.in/api/v1/tools?category=ai-tools&pricing=FREEMIUM&sort=top_rated&limit=5"/api/v1/tools/{slug}Fetch a single tool by its slug, including pros, cons, use-cases, integrations, platforms and tags.
Example
curl "https://alternativehub.in/api/v1/tools/notion"/api/v1/categoriesList every category with its published-tool count.
Example
curl "https://alternativehub.in/api/v1/categories"GET /api/v1/tools
{
"data": [
{
"slug": "notion",
"name": "Notion",
"tagline": "One workspace for notes, docs and projects",
"url": "https://alternativehub.in/tools/notion",
"pricing": "FREEMIUM",
"rating": 4.7,
"reviewCount": 128,
"category": { "slug": "productivity", "name": "Productivity" },
"platforms": [{ "slug": "web", "name": "Web" }],
"tags": [{ "slug": "notes", "name": "Notes" }]
}
],
"pagination": { "page": 1, "limit": 20, "total": 342, "totalPages": 18, "hasMore": true }
}The API is rate-limited to 120 requests per minute per IP and cached at the edge. Please cache responses on your side and attribute AlternativeHub with a link when you display our data. Need higher limits or a commercial plan? Get in touch.