Apache Software Foundation

APIs for the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), a nonprofit organization that supports the development of open-source software projects under the Apache License, providing governance, legal protection, and infrastructure for over 350 projects. The ASF exposes public APIs for project discovery, committee governance data, member information, and organizational structure through its Projects API and Whimsy Public Data API.

Apache Software Foundation publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Committees API, Groups API, ICLA API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include ASF, Open Source, Governance, Project, and Apache.

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

Apache Software Foundation’s developer surface includes developer portal, engineering blog, documentation, and 14 more developer resources.

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34.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 5 Features 4 Use Cases

ASFOpen Source Governance Project Apache Foundations Software

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 34.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.6 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 17

Access Clarity 3.1 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.3 / 11

Contract Governance 2.8 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.1 / 15

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 4 / 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

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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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)
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
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Access Clarity scores 18.4 — up to +16.3 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 21.4 — up to +15.7 composite points
Contract Quality scores 54.6 — up to +11.4 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
IDE Extension Marketplaces (JetBrains, VS Code, Open VSX, Docker Verified Publishers, PyPI orgs)	builds-on	34.5 (thin)	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

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 6

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

Apache Software Foundation Committees API

The Committees API from Apache Software Foundation — 3 operation(s) for committees.

Apache Software Foundation Groups API

The Groups API from Apache Software Foundation — 1 operation(s) for groups.

Apache Software Foundation ICLA API

The ICLA API from Apache Software Foundation — 1 operation(s) for icla.

Apache Software Foundation Members API

The Members API from Apache Software Foundation — 1 operation(s) for members.

Apache Software Foundation People API

The People API from Apache Software Foundation — 3 operation(s) for people.

Apache Software Foundation Podlings API

The Podlings API from Apache Software Foundation — 2 operation(s) for podlings.

Open Collections 10

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

Apache Software Foundation Projects Committees API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Projects Committees Foundation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Foundation Projects Committees Groups API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Foundation Projects Committees ICLA API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Foundation Projects Committees Members API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Foundation Projects Committees People API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Foundation Projects Committees Podlings API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Foundation Committees Projects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Foundation Projects Committees Releases API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Software Foundation Whimsy Public Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Apache Software Foundation API pricing

Not yet checked against Apache Software Foundation'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

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Apache Software Foundation's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Software Foundation Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Software Foundation 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 Software Foundation

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Apache Software Foundation Finops

FINOPS

Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Project Directory

Comprehensive directory of all 350+ ASF top-level projects with metadata.

Committee Data

Project Management Committee membership, chair, and governance information.

Podling Tracking

Apache Incubator podling status, mentors, and graduation tracking.

Release History

Release version and date history for all ASF projects.

Whimsy Member Data

Public member, committer, and ICLA data from the ASF Whimsy system.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Apache Software Foundation Asf Context

5 classes · 22 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache Software Foundation — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Apache Software Foundation API Rules

22 rules · 8 errors 11 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

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

Apache Software Foundation Committee

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apache Software Foundation Podling

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apache Software Foundation Project

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 3

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Apache Software Foundation Committee Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Software Foundation Podling Structure

10 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apache Software Foundation Project Structure

12 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Apache Software Foundation Committee Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Software Foundation Podling Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Apache Software Foundation Project Example

12 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Apache Software Foundation Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apache Software Foundation Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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Apache Software Foundation Agentic Access

14 operations

14 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Apache Project Discovery

Discover and explore all Apache Software Foundation projects programmatically.

Governance Transparency

Access committee membership and governance data for ASF organizational research.

Release Monitoring

Track release histories and versions across all ASF projects.

Incubator Tracking

Monitor Apache Incubator podlings and their progression to top-level projects.

Integrations 3

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Apache GitHub Organization

All ASF project repositories hosted under the apache GitHub organization.

ASF JIRA

Issue tracking at issues.apache.org for all ASF project bug reports and features.

Apache Confluence

Wiki documentation at cwiki.apache.org for ASF project and foundation docs.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

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 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-software-foundation
name: Apache Software Foundation
description: APIs for the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), a nonprofit organization that supports the development of open-source
  software projects under the Apache License, providing governance, legal protection, and infrastructure for over 350 projects.
  The ASF exposes public APIs for project discovery, committee governance data, member information, and organizational structure
  through its Projects API and Whimsy Public Data API.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  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-software-foundation.png
tags:
- ASF
- Open Source
- Governance
- Project
- Apache
- Foundations
- Software
tags_raw:
- ASF
- Open Source
- Governance
- Projects
- Apache
- Open-Source
- Foundations
- Software
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-software-foundation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apache-software-foundation:apache-software-foundation-committees-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation Committees API
  description: The Committees API from Apache Software Foundation — 3 operation(s) for committees.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Committees
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-committees-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whimsy.apache.org/public/
- aid: apache-software-foundation:apache-software-foundation-groups-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation Groups API
  description: The Groups API from Apache Software Foundation — 1 operation(s) for groups.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Group
  tags_raw:
  - Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whimsy.apache.org/public/
- aid: apache-software-foundation:apache-software-foundation-icla-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation ICLA API
  description: The ICLA API from Apache Software Foundation — 1 operation(s) for icla.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - ICLA
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-icla-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whimsy.apache.org/public/
- aid: apache-software-foundation:apache-software-foundation-members-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation Members API
  description: The Members API from Apache Software Foundation — 1 operation(s) for members.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Members
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-members-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whimsy.apache.org/public/
- aid: apache-software-foundation:apache-software-foundation-people-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation People API
  description: The People API from Apache Software Foundation — 3 operation(s) for people.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - People
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-people-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whimsy.apache.org/public/
- aid: apache-software-foundation:apache-software-foundation-podlings-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation Podlings API
  description: The Podlings API from Apache Software Foundation — 2 operation(s) for podlings.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Podlings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-podlings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whimsy.apache.org/public/
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/apache-software-foundation-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/apache-software-foundation-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/apache-software-foundation-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apache.org/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-software-foundation-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-software-foundation-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-software-foundation-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.apache.org/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blogs.apache.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.apache.org/foundation/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-software-foundation-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-software-foundation-vocabulary.yaml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Project Directory
    description: Comprehensive directory of all 350+ ASF top-level projects with metadata.
  - name: Committee Data
    description: Project Management Committee membership, chair, and governance information.
  - name: Podling Tracking
    description: Apache Incubator podling status, mentors, and graduation tracking.
  - name: Release History
    description: Release version and date history for all ASF projects.
  - name: Whimsy Member Data
    description: Public member, committer, and ICLA data from the ASF Whimsy system.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Apache Project Discovery
    description: Discover and explore all Apache Software Foundation projects programmatically.
  - name: Governance Transparency
    description: Access committee membership and governance data for ASF organizational research.
  - name: Release Monitoring
    description: Track release histories and versions across all ASF projects.
  - name: Incubator Tracking
    description: Monitor Apache Incubator podlings and their progression to top-level projects.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Apache GitHub Organization
    description: All ASF project repositories hosted under the apache GitHub organization.
  - name: ASF JIRA
    description: Issue tracking at issues.apache.org for all ASF project bug reports and features.
  - name: Apache Confluence
    description: Wiki documentation at cwiki.apache.org for ASF project and foundation docs.
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.apache.org/dev/
- type: Blog
  url: https://news.apache.org
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com

Apache Software Foundation API — frequently asked questions

Does Apache Software Foundation have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Apache Software Foundation, including Apache Software Foundation Committees API, Apache Software Foundation Groups API and Apache Software Foundation ICLA API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Apache Software Foundation API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Apache Software Foundation, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Apache Software Foundation API cost?

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

Is the Apache Software Foundation API ready for AI agents?

Apache Software Foundation has a Kin Score of 34.2 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 25.5 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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