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, documentation, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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29.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

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16 APIs 6 Features 4 Use Cases

API Gateway API Management Developer Portal Java Open-Source

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Composite quality — 29.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Contract Governance 1.2 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · 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

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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 Actions API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Blobs API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Developers API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Devportal API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Downloads API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Events API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Experimental API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Gateways API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Organizations API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Plugins API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Policy Definitions API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Roles API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions System API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST Actions Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

API Manager REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apiman Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apiman Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Apiman Finops

FINOPS

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.

JSON Schema 2

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

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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: '2026-08-11'
  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
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: '2026-04-19'
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://localhost:8080/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/api-manager/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://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Actions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-actions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-blobs-api
  name: Apiman Blobs API
  description: The Blobs API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for blobs.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Blobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-blobs-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-developers-api
  name: Apiman Developers API
  description: The Developers API from Apiman — 8 operation(s) for developers.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Developers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-developers-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-devportal-api
  name: Apiman Devportal API
  description: The Devportal API from Apiman — 22 operation(s) for devportal.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Devportal
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-devportal-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-downloads-api
  name: Apiman Downloads API
  description: The Downloads API from Apiman — 1 operation(s) for downloads.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Downloads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-downloads-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-events-api
  name: Apiman Events API
  description: The Events API from Apiman — 1 operation(s) for events.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-events-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-experimental-api
  name: Apiman Experimental API
  description: The Experimental API from Apiman — 22 operation(s) for experimental.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Experimental
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-experimental-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-gateways-api
  name: Apiman Gateways API
  description: The Gateways API from Apiman — 3 operation(s) for gateways.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Gateways
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-gateways-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-organizations-api
  name: Apiman Organizations API
  description: The Organizations API from Apiman — 57 operation(s) for organizations.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-organizations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-plugins-api
  name: Apiman Plugins API
  description: The Plugins API from Apiman — 5 operation(s) for plugins.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Plugins
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-plugins-api-openapi.yml
- 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://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Policy Definitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-policy-definitions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-roles-api
  name: Apiman Roles API
  description: The Roles API from Apiman — 2 operation(s) for roles.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-roles-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-search-api
  name: Apiman Search API
  description: The Search API from Apiman — 7 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-search-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-system-api
  name: Apiman System API
  description: The System API from Apiman — 3 operation(s) for system.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - System
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-system-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apiman:apiman-users-api
  name: Apiman Users API
  description: The Users API from Apiman — 13 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apiman/apiman
  baseURL: https://localhost:8080/apiman
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiman-users-api-openapi.yml
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: Documentation
  url: https://www.apiman.io/api-manager/latest/index.html
- 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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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APIs 16

Open Collections 17

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Features 6

REST API Manager

API Gateway

Developer Portal

Policy Engine

Multi-Tenancy

Approval Workflows

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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