Aurora

Aurora is an EVM-compatible blockchain platform that lets developers launch fully customizable Virtual Chains running as smart contracts on the NEAR Protocol, pairing full Ethereum tooling compatibility with NEAR's low fees, sub-second block times, and fast finality. Developers integrate with Aurora primarily through its Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC API (public mainnet and testnet endpoints), the Rainbow Bridge for moving assets between Ethereum, NEAR, and Aurora, block explorers, price oracles, data indexers, and the Aurora Cloud platform for spinning up dedicated virtual chains. Aurora ships open-source Rust engine crates and SDK, a Rust command-line interface, and TypeScript widgets for building intents-based cross-chain swaps.

Aurora publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Blockchain, EVM, Web3, and JSON-RPC.

Aurora’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, CLI, authentication, sandbox, and 16 more developer resources.

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28.5/100 emerging Agent 10/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 0 Features
CompanyBlockchainEVMWeb3JSON-RPCNEAREthereumLayer 2Smart ContractsDeFi

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 28.5/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 10/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

Aurora JSON-RPC API

Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC 2.0 API for the Aurora EVM network of virtual chains on NEAR. Exposes the standard eth_* method set over HTTPS (and WebSocket subscriptions) on publ...

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Components
Components
 Conventions
Conventions
 Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 CLI
CLI

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 Security
Security

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Explorer
Explorer

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: aurora
name: Aurora
description: Aurora is an EVM-compatible blockchain platform that lets developers launch fully customizable Virtual Chains
  running as smart contracts on the NEAR Protocol, pairing full Ethereum tooling compatibility with NEAR's low fees, sub-second
  block times, and fast finality. Developers integrate with Aurora primarily through its Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC API
  (public mainnet and testnet endpoints), the Rainbow Bridge for moving assets between Ethereum, NEAR, and Aurora, block explorers,
  price oracles, data indexers, and the Aurora Cloud platform for spinning up dedicated virtual chains. Aurora ships open-source
  Rust engine crates and SDK, a Rust command-line interface, and TypeScript widgets for building intents-based cross-chain
  swaps.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aurora/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
- pantera-capital
- softbank-vision-fund
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://aurora.dev/favicon.ico
tags:
- Company
- Blockchain
- EVM
- Web3
- JSON-RPC
- NEAR
- Ethereum
- Layer 2
- Smart Contracts
- DeFi
apis:
- name: Aurora JSON-RPC API
  description: Ethereum-compatible JSON-RPC 2.0 API for the Aurora EVM network of virtual chains on NEAR. Exposes the standard
    eth_* method set over HTTPS (and WebSocket subscriptions) on public mainnet and testnet endpoints; no API key is required
    for the shared public endpoints.
  humanURL: https://doc.aurora.dev/
  baseURL: https://mainnet.aurora.dev
  tags:
  - Blockchain
  - EVM
  - JSON-RPC
  - Web3
  - Ethereum
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.aurora.dev/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://doc.aurora.dev/getting-started/what-is-aurora
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://aurora.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://doc.aurora.dev/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://doc.aurora.dev/getting-started/what-is-aurora
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://dev.aurora.dev/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aurora.dev/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aurora-is-near
- type: Support
  url: https://discord.gg/auroralabs
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.aurora.dev/
- type: Explorer
  url: https://explorer.aurora.dev/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/aurora-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/aurora-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/aurora-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/aurora-components.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/aurora-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/aurora-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/aurora-conformance.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/aurora-sandbox.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/aurora-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/aurora-changelog.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/aurora-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aurora-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/aurora-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/aurora-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence