# Aurora

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/aurora/  
**Website:** https://aurora.dev/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 24.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-30 under rubric 0.17.2. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 24.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 4.5 |
| Contract Governance | 4.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 61.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (1)

- **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...

## Security (3)

- **Aurora Authentication** — none · 1 scheme
- **Aurora Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Aurora Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published

## Tags

Company, Blockchain, EVM, Web3, JSON-RPC, NEAR, Ethereum, Layer 2, Smart Contracts, DeFi

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