I Built FauxAPI Because I Was Tired of Waiting for Backends

If you’ve ever worked on a frontend project, you’ve probably experienced this: UI is ready Components are working But… no backend yet So what do you do? You either: Hardcode JSON Use random mock data Or wait (and lose momentum) I hit this problem multiple times — and that’s why I built FauxAPI. 👉 https://www.npmjs.com/package/fauxapi 👉 https://github.com/darshan1005/FauxAPI 🚧 The Problem Frontend development often gets blocked by backend dependencies. Even though tools exist, many of them are: Overcomplicated Not flexible Or require setup that kills productivity Mock APIs exist, but they don’t always feel like real APIs. And that’s the key problem. 💡 The Idea I wanted something that: Generates realistic API responses Feels like a real backend Works instantly Requires almost zero setup Something where you can say: “Give me an API — right now.” ⚡ Introducing FauxAPI FauxAPI is a lightweight tool to generate mock APIs and JSON responses for development and testing. It helps you: Build