Looking for a Redocly CLI Alternative for Shopify API Workflows (2026)

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As our Shopify apps have grown, we’ve been revisiting the tools we use for OpenAPI workflows and API automation.

We’re currently looking for a Redocly CLI alternative that can support more than just specification validation.

Some of the capabilities we’re interested in are:

  • OpenAPI validation
  • Multi-file spec bundling
  • $ref resolution
  • API documentation
  • API testing from the command line
  • CI/CD integration

One option we’ve recently started evaluating is Apidog, since it combines API design, documentation, testing, and CLI automation in a single workflow.

For developers building Shopify apps:

  • Have you moved away from Redocly CLI?
  • How are you managing your OpenAPI specs for Shopify integrations?
  • Are you validating your APIs automatically before deployment?
  • Have you found an all-in-one workflow more effective than using multiple CLI tools?

I’d love to hear how other teams are managing their API lifecycle as their Shopify projects scale.

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Hey @luc_Dev - on my side of things I can’t speak too much to 3P integrations, but wanted to reply here to see if I can help out.

Right now, our current API direction is GraphQL-first, with the REST Admin API now considered legacy. For our GraphQL workflows, the versioned schema is the contract: @shopify/api-codegen-preset can validate operations and generate types, GraphiQL supports interactive testing, and Shopify CLI now provides shopify app execute and shopify app bulk execute for scripting and automation.

If the OpenAPI specifications describe services owned by your team, that’s a separate toolchain and Shopify doesn’t prescribe a particular Redocly replacement. Could you clarify which Shopify API surface you’re integrating with and what specific limitation is prompting the move away from Redocly? That would make the comparison a bit more concrete and I can maybe point you in the right direction here.

Hope this helps!