Bowire

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 · Features · Why Bowire · Docs · Downloads · Bootcamp

Install

# .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. It's the source of truth for what's available right now.

→ 5-minute Quickstart for the first call against your own service.

Embedded mode

Mount the workbench inside an existing ASP.NET host:

dotnet add package Kuestenlogik.Bowire

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.

Documentation

Everything user-facing lives at bowire.io. The most-asked entries:

• Quickstart — zero to first call
• Bootcamp — hands-on walkthrough, six units + capstone
• Features — workbench surfaces, recordings, mock, MCP
• Protocols — per-protocol setup and conventions
• Architecture — plugin model, host packages, ALC isolation
• API reference — DocFX-generated reference

Roadmap & Community

• ROADMAP.md — what shipped, what's planned, what's deliberately out of scope
• Community — Discord, Discussions, Issues
• CONTRIBUTING.md — plugin authoring, smoke tests, PR workflow

License

Apache 2.0