# Apache Libcloud

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

Apache Libcloud is a Python library for interacting with many popular cloud service providers using a unified API. It supports over 30 providers for compute, object storage, DNS, load balancers, and container services under the Apache 2.0 license.

## Kin Score — 21.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 21.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| 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 Libcloud Compute API** — The Libcloud Compute API provides a unified Python interface for managing virtual machine instances, images, sizes, and networks across AWS EC2, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, Linode...
- **Apache Libcloud Storage API** — The Libcloud Storage API provides a unified Python interface for object storage operations across AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, GCP Cloud Storage, Rackspace Cloud Files, and OpenS...
- **Apache Libcloud DNS API** — The Libcloud DNS API provides a unified Python interface for managing DNS zones and records across Route53, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS, and other providers.

## Security (1)

- **Apache Libcloud Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Libcloud Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (3)

- **Multi-Cloud Infrastructure** — Manage cloud infrastructure across multiple providers from a single Python codebase.
- **Cloud Provider Migration** — Migrate cloud workloads between providers with minimal code changes.
- **Infrastructure Automation** — Automate VM provisioning, storage, and DNS across cloud providers.

## Tags

Abstraction Layer, Cloud, Multi-Cloud, Open-Source, Python

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