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Apiman

Apiman is an open source API management platform featuring a REST API, manager UI, and standalone developer portal with multi-tenancy, events, notifications, permissions, and approval workflows. It provides extensible API gateway capabilities through a simple Java plugin architecture with support for policies, plans, organizations, and client management.

Apiman publishes 15 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Actions API, Blobs API, Developers API, and 12 more. Tagged areas include API Gateway, API Management, Developer Portal, Java, and Open-Source.

The Apiman catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Apiman’s developer surface includes support, engineering blog, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, changelog, authentication, and 28 more developer resources.

46.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemium
1 APIs 6 Features 4 Use Cases
API GatewayAPI ManagementDeveloper PortalJavaOpen-SourcePolicy EnforcementSelf-HostedKeycloak

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APIs 16

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

Apiman

Apiman is an open source API management platform with a developer portal, API gateway, and management UI supporting policies, plans, organizations, multi-tenancy, and extensible...

Apiman Actions API

The Actions API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for actions.

Apiman Blobs API

The Blobs API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for blobs.

Apiman Developers API

The Developers API from Apiman — 8 operation(s) for developers.

Apiman Devportal API

The Devportal API from Apiman — 22 operation(s) for devportal.

Apiman Downloads API

The Downloads API from Apiman — 1 operation(s) for downloads.

Apiman Events API

The Events API from Apiman — 1 operation(s) for events.

Apiman Experimental API

The Experimental API from Apiman — 22 operation(s) for experimental.

Apiman Gateways API

The Gateways API from Apiman — 3 operation(s) for gateways.

Apiman Organizations API

The Organizations API from Apiman — 57 operation(s) for organizations.

Apiman Plugins API

The Plugins API from Apiman — 5 operation(s) for plugins.

Apiman Policy Definitions API

The Policy Definitions API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for policy definitions.

Apiman Roles API

The Roles API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for roles.

Apiman Search API

The Search API from Apiman — 7 operation(s) for search.

Apiman System API

The System API from Apiman — 3 operation(s) for system.

Apiman Users API

The Users API from Apiman — 13 operation(s) for users.

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Open Collections 17

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apiman Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apiman Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

REST API Manager

Full REST API for managing organizations, APIs, plans, clients, and policies programmatically.

API Gateway

Extensible API gateway that enforces policies at runtime for authentication, rate limiting, and transformation.

Developer Portal

Standalone developer portal for API discovery, documentation, and self-service subscription management.

Policy Engine

Pluggable Java-based policy engine supporting rate limiting, quotas, IP whitelisting, authentication, and custom policies.

Multi-Tenancy

Organization-based multi-tenancy allowing separate API management namespaces within a single platform.

Approval Workflows

Configurable approval workflows for API subscriptions with notification and event support.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Apiman Context

11 classes · 1 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apiman API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Apiman API

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apiman Plan

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Apiman Api Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Apiman Plan Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Apiman Api Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Apiman Plan Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

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

Apiman Authentication

openIdConnect/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Apiman Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Apiman Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Apiman Agentic Access

177 operations · 76 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

177 operations · 76 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

On-Premise API Management

Deploy Apiman on-premise to manage APIs across internal services with full control over infrastructure.

Developer Portal Hosting

Provide developers with a self-service portal for discovering and subscribing to APIs.

API Policy Enforcement

Enforce security, rate limiting, and transformation policies on API traffic through the gateway.

Multi-Team API Governance

Use organizations and plans to provide isolated API management environments for multiple teams.

Solutions 3

Packaged solutions this provider offers.

Open Source

Free, Apache-licensed API management platform deployable on any JVM-based infrastructure.

Vert.x Gateway

High-performance async API gateway implementation using Eclipse Vert.x.

WildFly Overlay

Apiman overlay for WildFly/EAP application server deployments.

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 8

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

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Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: apiman
name: Apiman
description: Apiman is an open source API management platform featuring a REST API, manager UI, and standalone developer portal
  with multi-tenancy, events, notifications, permissions, and approval workflows. It provides extensible API gateway capabilities
  through a simple Java plugin architecture with support for policies, plans, organizations, and client management.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apiman.png
tags:
- API Gateway
- API Management
- Developer Portal
- Java
- Open-Source
- Policy Enforcement
- Self-Hosted
- Keycloak
tags_raw:
- API Gateway
- API Management
- Developer Portal
- Java
- Open Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apiman/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-09-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apiman:apiman
  name: Apiman
  description: Apiman is an open source API management platform with a developer portal, API gateway, and management UI supporting
    policies, plans, organizations, multi-tenancy, and extensible Java-based plugin architecture.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - API Management
  - Developer Portal
  - Open-Source
  tags_raw:
  - API Gateway
  - API Management
  - Developer Portal
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.apiman.io/apiman-docs/guides/latest/index.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiman-api-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiman-plan-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/apiman-context.jsonld
- aid: apiman:apiman-actions-api
  name: Apiman Actions API
  description: The Actions API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for actions.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Actions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-actions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-actions-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-blobs-api
  name: Apiman Blobs API
  description: The Blobs API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for blobs.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Blobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-blobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-blobs-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-developers-api
  name: Apiman Developers API
  description: The Developers API from Apiman — 8 operation(s) for developers.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Developers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-developers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-developers-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-devportal-api
  name: Apiman Devportal API
  description: The Devportal API from Apiman — 22 operation(s) for devportal.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Devportal
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-devportal-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-devportal-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-downloads-api
  name: Apiman Downloads API
  description: The Downloads API from Apiman — 1 operation(s) for downloads.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Downloads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-downloads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-downloads-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-events-api
  name: Apiman Events API
  description: The Events API from Apiman — 1 operation(s) for events.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-events-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-experimental-api
  name: Apiman Experimental API
  description: The Experimental API from Apiman — 22 operation(s) for experimental.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Experimental
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-experimental-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-experimental-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-gateways-api
  name: Apiman Gateways API
  description: The Gateways API from Apiman — 3 operation(s) for gateways.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Gateways
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-gateways-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-gateways-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-organizations-api
  name: Apiman Organizations API
  description: The Organizations API from Apiman — 57 operation(s) for organizations.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-organizations-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-plugins-api
  name: Apiman Plugins API
  description: The Plugins API from Apiman — 5 operation(s) for plugins.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Plugins
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-plugins-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-plugins-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-policy-definitions-api
  name: Apiman Policy Definitions API
  description: The Policy Definitions API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for policy definitions.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Policy Definitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-policy-definitions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-policy-definitions-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-roles-api
  name: Apiman Roles API
  description: The Roles API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for roles.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-roles-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-search-api
  name: Apiman Search API
  description: The Search API from Apiman — 7 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-search-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-system-api
  name: Apiman System API
  description: The System API from Apiman — 3 operation(s) for system.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - System
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-system-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-system-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: apiman:apiman-users-api
  name: Apiman Users API
  description: The Users API from Apiman — 13 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
  baseURL: https://{apiman_host}/apiman
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/apiman-users-api-overlay.yaml
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman/blob/master/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: Support
  url: https://www.apiman.io/support.html
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apiman-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apiman-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apiman.io
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apiman
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: REST API Manager
    description: Full REST API for managing organizations, APIs, plans, clients, and policies programmatically.
  - name: API Gateway
    description: Extensible API gateway that enforces policies at runtime for authentication, rate limiting, and transformation.
  - name: Developer Portal
    description: Standalone developer portal for API discovery, documentation, and self-service subscription management.
  - name: Policy Engine
    description: Pluggable Java-based policy engine supporting rate limiting, quotas, IP whitelisting, authentication, and
      custom policies.
  - name: Multi-Tenancy
    description: Organization-based multi-tenancy allowing separate API management namespaces within a single platform.
  - name: Approval Workflows
    description: Configurable approval workflows for API subscriptions with notification and event support.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: On-Premise API Management
    description: Deploy Apiman on-premise to manage APIs across internal services with full control over infrastructure.
  - name: Developer Portal Hosting
    description: Provide developers with a self-service portal for discovering and subscribing to APIs.
  - name: API Policy Enforcement
    description: Enforce security, rate limiting, and transformation policies on API traffic through the gateway.
  - name: Multi-Team API Governance
    description: Use organizations and plans to provide isolated API management environments for multiple teams.
- type: Solutions
  data:
  - name: Open Source
    description: Free, Apache-licensed API management platform deployable on any JVM-based infrastructure.
  - name: Vert.x Gateway
    description: High-performance async API gateway implementation using Eclipse Vert.x.
  - name: WildFly Overlay
    description: Apiman overlay for WildFly/EAP application server deployments.
- url: https://www.apiman.io/blog
  type: Blog
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.apiman.io/apiman-docs/guides/latest/index.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.apiman.io/rest-api-docs.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.apiman.io/apiman-docs/installation-guide/latest/quickstart.html
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://www.apiman.io/changelog.html
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/apiman-changelog.yml
  name: Apiman changelog (structured)
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman/blob/master/SECURITY.md
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/apiman-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/apiman-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/apiman-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/apiman-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/apiman-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/apiman-conformance.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/apiman-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/apiman-cli.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/apiman-sandbox.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/apiman-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/apiman-mcp.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apiman-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/apiman-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/apiman-rate-limits.yml
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
- type: Community
  url: https://github.com/orgs/apiman/discussions
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-06'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 35
  pass: local-v3

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