# Apache ORC

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

Apache ORC is a self-describing, type-aware columnar file format designed for Hadoop workloads. It provides high compression ratios and fast read performance for large-scale data processing with support for complex data types.

## Kin Score — 21.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 21.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 19.5 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 23.5 (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 | partial |
| 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 ORC Conversion API** — The Conversion API from Apache ORC — 1 operation(s) for conversion.
- **Apache ORC Files API** — The Files API from Apache ORC — 4 operation(s) for files.
- **Apache ORC Operations API** — The Operations API from Apache ORC — 1 operation(s) for operations.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Orc Agentic Access** — 6 operations · 2 acting

## Security (2)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Orc Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Hive Data Warehousing** — Store Hive tables in highly efficient ORC format
- **Spark Analytics** — Process large ORC datasets with Apache Spark SQL
- **Presto/Trino Queries** — Fast analytical queries over ORC files with Presto or Trino
- **Data Lake Storage** — Efficient columnar storage for data lake architectures

## Tags

Big Data, Columnar Storage, Compression, File Format, Hadoop, Apache, Open-Source

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