Apache ShardingSphere

Apache ShardingSphere is an open-source ecosystem for distributed database systems providing data sharding, distributed transactions, and database governance. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other databases with transparent sharding capabilities.

Apache ShardingSphere publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Cluster API, Databases API, ReadwriteSplitting API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Database, Distributed SQL, Read-Write Splitting, Sharding, and SQL.

The Apache ShardingSphere catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Apache ShardingSphere’s developer surface includes documentation and 12 more developer resources.

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26.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 7 Features 4 Use Cases

Database Distributed SQLRead-Write SplittingSharding SQL Apache Open Source

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 26.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 15

Access Clarity 1.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 4.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.5 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 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

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 9.5 — up to +18.1 composite points
Contract Quality scores 47.9 — up to +13.0 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 5

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

Apache ShardingSphere Cluster API

The Cluster API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for cluster.

Apache ShardingSphere Databases API

The Databases API from Apache ShardingSphere — 2 operation(s) for databases.

Apache ShardingSphere ReadwriteSplitting API

The ReadwriteSplitting API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for readwritesplitting.

Apache ShardingSphere ShardingRules API

The ShardingRules API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for shardingrules.

Apache ShardingSphere Data Sources API

The Data Sources API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for data sources.

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Apache ShardingSphere REST Cluster API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache ShardingSphere REST Cluster Databases API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache ShardingSphere REST Cluster DataSources API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache ShardingSphere REST Cluster ReadwriteSplitting API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache ShardingSphere REST Cluster ShardingRules API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache ShardingSphere API pricing

Not yet checked against Apache ShardingSphere's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Shardingsphere Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Shardingsphere Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Apache ShardingSphere

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Apache Shardingsphere Finops

FINOPS

Features 7

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Database Sharding

Horizontal database sharding with flexible sharding algorithms

Read-Write Splitting

Transparent primary/replica read-write splitting

Distributed Transactions

XA and BASE distributed transaction support

Data Encryption

Transparent data encryption at the SQL layer

Shadow Database

Shadow database for production traffic testing

DistSQL

SQL-based distributed database management language

Database Federation

Query across heterogeneous database instances

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apache Shardingsphere Context

14 classes · 27 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache ShardingSphere — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Apache ShardingSphere API Rules

13 rules · 5 errors 7 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 14

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

ClusterStatus

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DataSourceList

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DataSourceRequest

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DataSource

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DatabaseList

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DatabaseRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Database

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Instance

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ReadwriteSplittingRuleList

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ReadwriteSplittingRule

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ShardingRuleList

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ShardingRule

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ShardingStrategy

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ShardingTable

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 14

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Apache Shardingsphere Cluster Status Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Data Source List Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Data Source Request Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Data Source Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Database List Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Database Request Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Database Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Instance Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Readwrite Splitting Rule List Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Readwrite Splitting Rule Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Sharding Rule List Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Sharding Rule Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Sharding Strategy Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Shardingsphere Sharding Table Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 14

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Apache Shardingsphere Cluster Status Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Data Source Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Data Source List Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Data Source Request Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Database Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Database List Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Database Request Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Instance Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Readwrite Splitting Rule Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Readwrite Splitting Rule List Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Sharding Rule Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Sharding Rule List Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Sharding Strategy Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Shardingsphere Sharding Table Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

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

Apache Shardingsphere Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apache Shardingsphere Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Apache Shardingsphere Agentic Access

9 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Database Scale-Out

Horizontally scale relational databases without changing application code

Multi-Tenant Sharding

Shard data by tenant ID for SaaS applications

Read Scaling

Scale read traffic with primary/replica splitting

Data Migration

Online data migration between database clusters

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

MySQL

MySQL-compatible sharding and proxy

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL protocol support for sharding

Apache ZooKeeper

Cluster coordination and configuration storage

Spring Boot

ShardingSphere Spring Boot starter for Java applications

Kubernetes

Kubernetes operator for cloud-native deployment

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-shardingsphere
name: Apache ShardingSphere
description: Apache ShardingSphere is an open-source ecosystem for distributed database systems providing data sharding, distributed
  transactions, and database governance. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other databases with transparent sharding capabilities.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-shardingsphere.png
tags:
- Database
- Distributed SQL
- Read-Write Splitting
- Sharding
- SQL
- Apache
- Open Source
tags_raw:
- Database
- Distributed SQL
- Read-Write Splitting
- Sharding
- SQL
- Apache
- Open Source
- Open-Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-09-16'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-shardingsphere/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apache-shardingsphere:apache-shardingsphere-cluster-api
  name: Apache ShardingSphere Cluster API
  description: The Cluster API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for cluster.
  humanURL: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  tags:
  - Cluster
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shardingsphere-cluster-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/
- aid: apache-shardingsphere:apache-shardingsphere-databases-api
  name: Apache ShardingSphere Databases API
  description: The Databases API from Apache ShardingSphere — 2 operation(s) for databases.
  humanURL: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  tags:
  - Database
  tags_raw:
  - Databases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shardingsphere-databases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/
- aid: apache-shardingsphere:apache-shardingsphere-readwritesplitting-api
  name: Apache ShardingSphere ReadwriteSplitting API
  description: The ReadwriteSplitting API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for readwritesplitting.
  humanURL: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  tags:
  - Read-Write Splitting
  tags_raw:
  - ReadwriteSplitting
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shardingsphere-readwritesplitting-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/
- aid: apache-shardingsphere:apache-shardingsphere-shardingrules-api
  name: Apache ShardingSphere ShardingRules API
  description: The ShardingRules API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for shardingrules.
  humanURL: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  tags:
  - ShardingRules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shardingsphere-shardingrules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/
- aid: apache-shardingsphere:apache-shardingsphere-data-sources-api
  name: Apache ShardingSphere Data Sources API
  description: The Data Sources API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for data sources.
  humanURL: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  tags:
  - Data Sources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-shardingsphere-data-sources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/overview/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/apache-shardingsphere-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/apache-shardingsphere-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/apache-shardingsphere-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://apache.org
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-shardingsphere-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-shardingsphere-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-shardingsphere-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/apache-shardingsphere
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache/shardingsphere
- type: Documentation
  url: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-shardingsphere-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-shardingsphere-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/apache-shardingsphere-context.jsonld
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Database Sharding
    description: Horizontal database sharding with flexible sharding algorithms
  - name: Read-Write Splitting
    description: Transparent primary/replica read-write splitting
  - name: Distributed Transactions
    description: XA and BASE distributed transaction support
  - name: Data Encryption
    description: Transparent data encryption at the SQL layer
  - name: Shadow Database
    description: Shadow database for production traffic testing
  - name: DistSQL
    description: SQL-based distributed database management language
  - name: Database Federation
    description: Query across heterogeneous database instances
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Database Scale-Out
    description: Horizontally scale relational databases without changing application code
  - name: Multi-Tenant Sharding
    description: Shard data by tenant ID for SaaS applications
  - name: Read Scaling
    description: Scale read traffic with primary/replica splitting
  - name: Data Migration
    description: Online data migration between database clusters
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: MySQL
    description: MySQL-compatible sharding and proxy
  - name: PostgreSQL
    description: PostgreSQL protocol support for sharding
  - name: Apache ZooKeeper
    description: Cluster coordination and configuration storage
  - name: Spring Boot
    description: ShardingSphere Spring Boot starter for Java applications
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Kubernetes operator for cloud-native deployment

Apache ShardingSphere API — frequently asked questions

Does Apache ShardingSphere have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Apache ShardingSphere, including Apache ShardingSphere Cluster API, Apache ShardingSphere Databases API and Apache ShardingSphere ReadwriteSplitting API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Apache ShardingSphere API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Apache ShardingSphere, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Apache ShardingSphere API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Apache ShardingSphere, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Apache ShardingSphere API ready for AI agents?

Apache ShardingSphere has a Kin Score of 26.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 17.2 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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