# Apache HTTP Server

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-httpd/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Apache HTTP Server (httpd) is the world's most widely used web server software. It serves static and dynamic content, acts as a reverse proxy and load balancer, and exposes a mod_status monitoring API and balancer-manager management interface for operational visibility.

## Kin Score — 33.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 33.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 53.8 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 20.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Apache HTTP Server Configuration Reference** — Configuration directive reference for Apache HTTP Server covering VirtualHost, mod_ssl, mod_rewrite, mod_proxy, and all core directives for web server, proxy, and SSL configurat...
- **Apache HTTP Server Balancer API** — Load balancer management
- **Apache HTTP Server Status API** — Server status and metrics

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Httpd Agentic Access** — 4 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **Apache Httpd Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Apache Httpd Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Httpd Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Static Web Hosting** — Serve HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and media files with high performance and caching headers.
- **Reverse Proxy for Applications** — Proxy requests to application servers (Node.js, Python, Java) with SSL termination.
- **Load Balancing** — Distribute traffic across multiple backend application instances with health checking.
- **API Gateway** — Route and transform API requests using mod_rewrite and mod_proxy rules.
- **Legacy CGI Application Hosting** — Run legacy CGI or PHP applications via mod_cgi, mod_fcgid, or mod_php.

## Tags

Apache, Load Balancer, Open-Source, Proxy, Reverse Proxy, Web Server

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/apache-httpd/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.