# Apache ShardingSphere

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-shardingsphere/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 29.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 29.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 53.8 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| 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 (5)

- **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 DataSources API** — The DataSources API from Apache ShardingSphere — 1 operation(s) for datasources.
- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Shardingsphere Agentic Access** — 9 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Shardingsphere Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **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

## Tags

Database, Distributed SQL, Read-Write Splitting, Sharding, SQL, Apache, Open-Source

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