Aave

Aave is a decentralized, non-custodial liquidity protocol where users supply assets to earn yield and borrow against collateral. The protocol runs on Ethereum and many L2s (Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, Avalanche, zkSync, Scroll, Metis) and exposes developer surfaces beyond on-chain contracts: official Aave V3 / V4 TypeScript SDKs, Aave Kit (React + TypeScript + GraphQL), and protocol subgraphs hosted on The Graph for indexed market, reserve, user, and historical data.

Aave publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include DeFi, Lending, Borrowing, Liquidity, and Protocol.

Aave’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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23.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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8 APIs

DeFi Lending Borrowing Liquidity Protocol Subgraph GraphQL

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 23.6/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.3 / 20

Access Clarity 7.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Aave V3 Pool (Smart Contracts)

Core Aave V3 protocol contracts — Pool, L2 Pool, Wrapped Token Gateway, PoolAddressesProvider, Pool Configurator, Interest Rate Strategy, Access Control Manager, Oracles, aToken...

Aave V4 Protocol (Smart Contracts)

Next-generation Aave V4 protocol implementation with unified liquidity layer, hub-and-spoke architecture, and improved risk management. Source available in the aave-v4 repository.

Aave V3 SDK

Official TypeScript SDK for Aave V3 that wraps protocol interactions — supply, borrow, repay, withdraw, swap collateral, repay-with-collateral, and read operations — across supp...

Aave V4 SDK

Official TypeScript SDK for the Aave V4 protocol, exposing typed operations for supplying, borrowing, and reading V4 hub state.

Aave Kit

Higher-level toolkit (React + TypeScript + GraphQL) for embedding Aave market data and protocol actions into apps. Built on top of the Aave SDK and protocol subgraphs.

Aave Protocol Subgraphs

The Graph subgraphs that index Aave V2 and V3 reserves, users, liquidations, flash loans, rewards, and historical balances. Queried via GraphQL across each deployed network.

aave-utilities

TypeScript helper library exposing math, formatting, and contract-call helpers for building UIs and analytics on top of Aave V2 and V3 markets.

Aave Interface

Open-source web interface (app.aave.com) for interacting with the Aave protocol — a reference implementation that integrates the SDK, Kit, and subgraphs.

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GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Aave GraphQL API

Higher-level toolkit (React + TypeScript + GraphQL) for embedding Aave market data and protocol actions into apps. Built on top of the Aave SDK and protocol subgraphs.

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Aave Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Aave Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Aave Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Aave Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Aave Trust Center

SOC 2

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Discord

Discord

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Twitter

Twitter

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Build

Build

App

App

Governance

Governance

Source (apis.yml)

aid: aave
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aave/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Aave
kind: company
description: 'Aave is a decentralized, non-custodial liquidity protocol where users supply assets to earn yield and borrow
  against collateral. The protocol runs on Ethereum and many L2s (Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, Avalanche, zkSync, Scroll,
  Metis) and exposes developer surfaces beyond on-chain contracts: official Aave V3 / V4 TypeScript SDKs, Aave Kit (React
  + TypeScript + GraphQL), and protocol subgraphs hosted on The Graph for indexed market, reserve, user, and historical data.'
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aave.png
tags:
- DeFi
- Lending
- Borrowing
- Liquidity
- Protocol
- Subgraph
- GraphQL
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: aave:v3-pool
  name: Aave V3 Pool (Smart Contracts)
  description: Core Aave V3 protocol contracts — Pool, L2 Pool, Wrapped Token Gateway, PoolAddressesProvider, Pool Configurator,
    Interest Rate Strategy, Access Control Manager, Oracles, aTokens, variable / stable debt tokens, and incentives. Used
    directly via web3 client libraries or through the Aave SDKs.
  humanURL: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v3
  baseURL: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v3
  tags:
  - Smart Contracts
  - Pool
  - v3
  - EVM
  tags_raw:
  - Smart Contracts
  - Pool
  - V3
  - EVM
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v3
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/aave-dao/aave-v3-origin
- aid: aave:v4-protocol
  name: Aave V4 Protocol (Smart Contracts)
  description: Next-generation Aave V4 protocol implementation with unified liquidity layer, hub-and-spoke architecture, and
    improved risk management. Source available in the aave-v4 repository.
  humanURL: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v4
  baseURL: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v4
  tags:
  - Smart Contracts
  - V4
  - Protocol
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v4
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/aave-dao/aave-v4
- aid: aave:sdk-v3
  name: Aave V3 SDK
  description: Official TypeScript SDK for Aave V3 that wraps protocol interactions — supply, borrow, repay, withdraw, swap
    collateral, repay-with-collateral, and read operations — across supported networks.
  humanURL: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v3
  baseURL: https://github.com/aave/aave-sdk
  tags:
  - SDK
  - TypeScript
  - v3
  tags_raw:
  - SDK
  - TypeScript
  - V3
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v3
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/aave/aave-sdk
- aid: aave:sdk-v4
  name: Aave V4 SDK
  description: Official TypeScript SDK for the Aave V4 protocol, exposing typed operations for supplying, borrowing, and reading
    V4 hub state.
  humanURL: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v4
  baseURL: https://github.com/aave/aave-v4-sdk
  tags:
  - SDK
  - TypeScript
  - V4
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aave.com/docs/developers/aave-v4
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/aave/aave-v4-sdk
- aid: aave:kit
  name: Aave Kit
  description: Higher-level toolkit (React + TypeScript + GraphQL) for embedding Aave market data and protocol actions into
    apps. Built on top of the Aave SDK and protocol subgraphs.
  humanURL: https://aave.com/build
  baseURL: https://aave.com/build
  tags:
  - Kit
  - React
  - GraphQL
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aave.com/build
  - type: Package
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aave/react
  - url: graphql/aave-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: aave:protocol-subgraphs
  name: Aave Protocol Subgraphs
  description: The Graph subgraphs that index Aave V2 and V3 reserves, users, liquidations, flash loans, rewards, and historical
    balances. Queried via GraphQL across each deployed network.
  humanURL: https://github.com/aave/protocol-subgraphs
  baseURL: https://api.thegraph.com/subgraphs/name/aave
  tags:
  - Subgraph
  - GraphQL
  - The Graph
  - Indexing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/aave/protocol-subgraphs
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/aave/protocol-subgraphs
- aid: aave:utilities
  name: aave-utilities
  description: TypeScript helper library exposing math, formatting, and contract-call helpers for building UIs and analytics
    on top of Aave V2 and V3 markets.
  humanURL: https://github.com/aave/aave-utilities
  baseURL: https://github.com/aave/aave-utilities
  tags:
  - SDK
  - Utilities
  - TypeScript
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/aave/aave-utilities
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/aave/aave-utilities
- aid: aave:interface
  name: Aave Interface
  description: Open-source web interface (app.aave.com) for interacting with the Aave protocol — a reference implementation
    that integrates the SDK, Kit, and subgraphs.
  humanURL: https://app.aave.com
  baseURL: https://github.com/aave/interface
  tags:
  - Interfaces
  - App
  - Reference
  tags_raw:
  - Interface
  - App
  - Reference
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://app.aave.com
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/aave/interface
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/aave-dao/aave-v3-origin/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/aave-dao/aave-v3-origin/releases
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/aave-dao/aave-v3-origin/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/aave-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aave-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://aave.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://aave.com/docs
- type: Build
  url: https://aave.com/build
- type: App
  url: https://app.aave.com
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/aave
- type: Governance
  url: https://governance.aave.com
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/aave
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/aave
- type: Blog
  url: https://aave.com/blog
integrations:
- name: Ethereum
- name: Arbitrum
- name: Optimism
- name: Base
- name: Polygon
- name: Avalanche
- name: zkSync Era
- name: Scroll
- name: Metis
- name: The Graph
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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