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Show HN: Self Hosted Soap->REST/REST->Soap Gateway with Contract-Drift Detection

A new self-hosted SOAP-to-REST and REST-to-SOAP gateway has been launched, featuring contract-drift detection to monitor API compatibility changes.

Background

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a decades-old, XML-based protocol for enterprise APIs, still common in banking, healthcare, and legacy systems. REST is the modern, JSON-based approach used by most web and mobile apps today. This product is a self-hosted gateway that converts SOAP APIs to REST (and vice versa) so developers can work with modern endpoints instead of bulky XML. It also detects "contract drift" — i.e., when a SOAP service's WSDL (its official contract file) changes and the REST interface becomes outdated, which is a common maintenance headache. The "Starter" edition is a lightweight (1-core) deployment for small teams or testing. "Show HN" means it was posted to Hacker News by the creator as a personal project or small-company launch.

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