# Automotive Grade Linux

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/automotive-grade-linux/  
**Website:** https://www.automotivelinux.org  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is a collaborative open source project under the Linux Foundation that develops a unified software platform for connected vehicles. AGL brings together automakers (Toyota, Honda, Mercedes-Benz), suppliers, and technology companies to build an open Linux-based software stack for in-vehicle infotainment, instrument clusters, telematics, and software-defined vehicle (SoDeV) architectures. The platform decouples software from hardware enabling rapid automotive application development.

## Kin Score — 15.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 15.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

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

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **AGL Application Framework API** — The AGL Application Framework provides APIs for managing applications on the AGL platform including installation, lifecycle management, permission enforcement, and inter-applica...
- **AGL VSOMEIP Service API** — AGL uses SOME/IP (Scalable service-Oriented MiddlewarE over IP) via the vSomeIP library for vehicle service communication. This enables microservice communication between ECUs o...
- **AGL SoDeV Software Defined Vehicle API** — The AGL SoDeV (Software Defined Vehicle) reference platform provides APIs for software-defined vehicle architectures that decouple software from hardware. SoDeV builds on Zephyr...

## Security (1)

- **Automotive Grade Linux Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Automotive Grade Linux Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **In-Vehicle Infotainment Development** — Develop navigation, media, and connectivity applications for automotive head units using AGL application framework APIs and the Wayland display system.
- **Connected Car Platform** — Build telematics, V2X communication, and cloud connectivity capabilities on AGL-based vehicle computing platforms.
- **Software Defined Vehicle Architecture** — Design vehicle software architectures that decouple application software from hardware using AGL SoDeV as the foundation platform.
- **Instrument Cluster Applications** — Create digital instrument cluster applications for speedometers, tachometers, and ADAS status displays using AGL display APIs.

## Tags

Automotive, Connected Vehicles, Embedded Linux, In-Vehicle Infotainment, IoT, Linux Foundation, Open-Source, Software Defined Vehicles

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