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 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Projects API, Committees API, Foundation API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include ASF, Open Source, Governance, Projects, 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 8 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

51.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

9 APIs 5 Features 4 Use Cases

ASFOpen SourceGovernanceProjectsApache

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 51.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 18.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 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 0 / 4

Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/apache-software-foundation: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

APIs 9

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Software Foundation Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

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.

JSON Schema 3

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

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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 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 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

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-software-foundation.png
tags:
- ASF
- Open Source
- Governance
- Projects
- Apache
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-software-foundation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: apache-software-foundation:projects-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation Projects API
  description: The Apache Software Foundation Projects API provides read-only access to JSON data about ASF projects, committees,
    releases, and podlings. The data is served as static JSON files from projects.apache.org and includes comprehensive information
    about the foundation's structure, project metadata, committee membership, release histories, and incubating podlings.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Committees
  - Open Source
  - Projects
  - Releases
  - Podlings
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://projects.apache.org/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apache-software-foundation-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apache-software-foundation-committee-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apache-software-foundation-podling-schema.json
- 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-foundation-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation Foundation API
  description: The Foundation API from Apache Software Foundation — 1 operation(s) for foundation.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Foundation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-foundation-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:
  - 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/
- aid: apache-software-foundation:apache-software-foundation-releases-api
  name: Apache Software Foundation Releases API
  description: The Releases API from Apache Software Foundation — 1 operation(s) for releases.
  humanURL: https://projects.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Releases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-software-foundation-releases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://whimsy.apache.org/public/
common:
- 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.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com