# Apollo Config

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apollo-config/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

Apollo is a reliable, open-source configuration management system suitable for microservice configuration management scenarios, providing centralized configuration management, real-time updates, versioning, and multi-environment support. Originally developed by Ctrip, now maintained by the apolloconfig community under Apache 2.0 license.

## Kin Score — 45.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 45.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 65.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 66.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 36.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | yes |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **Apollo Config Apps API** — Application management
- **Apollo Config Clusters API** — Cluster management
- **Apollo Config Items API** — Configuration item management
- **Apollo Config Namespaces API** — Namespace management
- **Apollo Config Releases API** — Release and publish management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apollo Config Agentic Access** — 18 operations · 8 acting

## Security (2)

- **Apollo Config Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Apollo Config Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC

## Plans (1)

- **Apollo Config Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Microservice Configuration** — Manage centralized configuration for distributed microservice architectures.
- **Multi-Environment Configuration** — Maintain separate configurations for development, testing, staging, and production.
- **Dynamic Configuration Updates** — Update application configuration at runtime without redeployment.
- **Configuration Audit** — Track who changed what configuration and when with full audit trail.
- **Kubernetes Configuration Management** — Manage configuration for containerized applications deployed on Kubernetes.

## Tags

Apache 2.0, Configuration Management, Ctrip, Distributed Systems, Java, Microservices, Open-Source, Real-Time Configuration

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