https://github.com/kuestenlogik/bowire

Multi-protocol API workbench for .NET — discover, invoke, record, mock, replay across gRPC, REST, GraphQL, MQTT, SignalR, WebSocket, SSE, MCP, OData, Socket.IO, and more... including your custom protocol.
https://github.com/kuestenlogik/bowire

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Multi-protocol API workbench for .NET — discover, invoke, record, mock, replay across gRPC, REST, GraphQL, MQTT, SignalR, WebSocket, SSE, MCP, OData, Socket.IO, and more... including your custom protocol.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kuestenlogik/bowire
• Owner: Kuestenlogik
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2026-05-02T20:06:21.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-06-23T07:54:43.000Z (7 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-06-23T08:13:27.652Z (7 days ago)
• Topics: api-client, api-testing, api-workbench, bowire, bowire-plugin, csharp, developer-tools, dotnet, graphql, grpc, http-client, mcp, mocking, mqtt, odata, openapi, rest, signalr, sse, websocket
• Language: C#
• Homepage: https://bowire.io
• Size: 84.8 MB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 79
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Security: SECURITY.md
  • Roadmap: ROADMAP.md

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# Bowire

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**The multi-protocol API workbench.** gRPC, REST, GraphQL, JSON-RPC, SignalR, WebSocket, SSE, MQTT, Socket.IO, MCP, OData, AsyncAPI, AMQP, Kafka, Akka.NET, NATS, SOAP, Pulsar — run against any service URL with zero code changes.

[Quickstart](https://bowire.io/quickstart.html) · [Features](https://bowire.io/features.html) · [Why Bowire](https://bowire.io/why-bowire.html) · [Docs](https://bowire.io/docs/) · [Downloads](https://bowire.io/downloads.html) · [Bootcamp](https://bowire.io/bootcamp/)

[![Bowire workbench — discover, invoke, stream, record across protocols](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kuestenlogik/Bowire/main/site/assets/images/screenshots/ready.png)](https://bowire.io/)

## Install

```bash

# .NET tool (cross-platform, recommended)

dotnet tool install -g Kuestenlogik.Bowire.Tool

```

Windows MSIs, portable ZIPs, Docker images, and pending winget / Homebrew / Chocolatey distributions — all listed on the [Downloads page](https://bowire.io/downloads.html). It's the source of truth for what's available right now.

→ **[5-minute Quickstart](https://bowire.io/quickstart.html)** for the first call against your own service.

## Embedded mode

Mount the workbench inside an existing ASP.NET host:

```bash

dotnet add package Kuestenlogik.Bowire

```

```csharp

var app = WebApplication.Create(args);

app.MapBowire();   // workbench at /bowire

app.Run();

```

Discovery picks services off the host's `IServiceProvider` — REST routes, gRPC reflection, SignalR hubs, custom protocols. See [Setup → Embedded](https://bowire.io/docs/setup/embedded.html).

## Documentation

Everything user-facing lives at **[bowire.io](https://bowire.io)**. The most-asked entries:

- [Quickstart](https://bowire.io/quickstart.html) — zero to first call

- [Bootcamp](https://bowire.io/bootcamp/) — hands-on walkthrough, six units + capstone

- [Features](https://bowire.io/features.html) — workbench surfaces, recordings, mock, MCP

- [Protocols](https://bowire.io/docs/protocols/) — per-protocol setup and conventions

- [Architecture](https://bowire.io/docs/architecture/) — plugin model, host packages, ALC isolation

- [API reference](https://bowire.io/docs/api/) — DocFX-generated reference

## Roadmap & Community

- [ROADMAP.md](https://github.com/Kuestenlogik/Bowire/blob/main/ROADMAP.md) — what shipped, what's planned, what's deliberately out of scope

- [Community](https://bowire.io/community.html) — Discord, Discussions, Issues

- [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Kuestenlogik/Bowire/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) — plugin authoring, smoke tests, PR workflow

## License

[Apache 2.0](https://github.com/Kuestenlogik/Bowire/blob/main/LICENSE)