# Apache NiFi

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-nifi/  
**Website:** https://nifi.apache.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

Apache NiFi is a dataflow management system designed to automate the flow of data between systems. It provides a web-based user interface for designing, controlling, and monitoring data flows with real-time operational control, data provenance tracking, and support for hundreds of processors. NiFi Version 2 is the current major version with enhanced security and performance.

## Kin Score — 33.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 33.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 48.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| 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 · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **Apache NiFi Registry** — NiFi Registry provides a central location for storage and management of shared NiFi flow resources, enabling versioned flows across NiFi environments. It provides its own REST A...
- **Apache MiNiFi** — MiNiFi is a lightweight agent for edge data collection that is a subproject of NiFi. MiNiFi C++ (nifi-minifi-cpp) provides a small-footprint agent for IoT edge data collection w...
- **Apache NiFi Access API** — Authentication and access token management
- **Apache NiFi Connections API** — Manage connections between processors
- **Apache NiFi Controller Services API** — Manage shared controller services
- **Apache NiFi Flow API** — Read overall flow status and process group hierarchy

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Nifi Agentic Access** — 11 operations · 7 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

## Security (3)

- **Apache Nifi Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Apache Nifi Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Apache Nifi Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Nifi Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (6)

- **Data Ingestion Pipelines** — Build pipelines ingesting data from files, databases, message queues, cloud storage, and APIs into data lakes and warehouses.
- **Cybersecurity Data Collection** — Collect and route security telemetry, logs, and threat intelligence feeds for SIEM and analytics platforms.
- **IoT Edge Data Collection** — Deploy MiNiFi agents at IoT edge locations to collect, filter, and forward sensor data to central NiFi clusters.
- **Real-Time Event Streaming** — Build event streaming pipelines consuming from Kafka, Kinesis, and other message brokers for real-time data processing.
- **Generative AI Data Pipelines** — Build data preparation and vector database ingestion pipelines for generative AI and RAG applications.
- **Cloud Data Integration** — Move and transform data between AWS, Azure, and GCP services with built-in cloud processor libraries.

## Tags

Data Integration, Dataflows, ETL, IoT, Streaming, Data Pipeline

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