AutoRest

aid: autorest
name: AutoRest
description: 'AutoRest is an open source tool from Microsoft (MIT License) that generates client libraries for accessing RESTful
  APIs from OpenAPI specifications. It powers generation of Azure SDKs across C#, Python, Java, TypeScript, Go, PowerShell,
  and Swift with an extensible plugin architecture. Note: AutoRest is deprecated as of 2026 with retirement on July 1, 2026.
  The recommended successor is TypeSpec, a modern API description language and code generation platform from Microsoft.'
type: Index
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/autorest.png
tags:
- Code Generation
- Microsoft
- OpenAPI
- SDK Generation
- Azure SDK
- Deprecated
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/autorest/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-08-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: autorest:autorest-core
  name: AutoRest Core
  description: The AutoRest Core package (@autorest/core) is the central engine that orchestrates code generation from OpenAPI
    specifications. It handles input processing, configuration resolution, pipeline management, and plugin coordination. All
    language-specific generators are plugins that extend the core pipeline.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Azure/autorest
  tags:
  - Code Generation
  - OpenAPI
  - Plugin System
  - Pipeline
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/readme.md
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/install/readme.md
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@autorest/core
    title: npm Package
- aid: autorest:autorest-csharp
  name: AutoRest C# Generator
  description: The AutoRest C# generator (@autorest/csharp) produces .NET client libraries from OpenAPI specifications. It
    generates strongly-typed C# code with HttpClient-based REST clients, model classes, and async/await patterns compatible
    with .NET 6+.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.csharp
  tags:
  - C#
  - .NET
  - Code Generation
  - Azure SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.csharp
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.csharp
- aid: autorest:autorest-python
  name: AutoRest Python Generator
  description: The AutoRest Python generator (@autorest/python) produces Python client libraries from OpenAPI specifications,
    generating typed Python code compatible with the Azure SDK for Python and azure-core library.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.python
  tags:
  - Python
  - Code Generation
  - Azure SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.python
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.python
- aid: autorest:autorest-java
  name: AutoRest Java Generator
  description: The AutoRest Java generator (@autorest/java) produces Java client libraries from OpenAPI specifications, generating
    Java code compatible with azure-core and the Azure SDK for Java ecosystem.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.java
  tags:
  - Java
  - Code Generation
  - Azure SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.java
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.java
- aid: autorest:autorest-typescript
  name: AutoRest TypeScript Generator
  description: The AutoRest TypeScript generator (@autorest/typescript) produces TypeScript and JavaScript client libraries
    from OpenAPI specifications, generating type-safe clients for Node.js and browser environments compatible with the Azure
    SDK for JavaScript.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.typescript
  tags:
  - TypeScript
  - JavaScript
  - Code Generation
  - Azure SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.typescript
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.typescript
- aid: autorest:autorest-go
  name: AutoRest Go Generator
  description: The AutoRest Go generator (@autorest/go) produces Go client libraries from OpenAPI specifications, generating
    idiomatic Go code compatible with the Azure SDK for Go and azure-sdk-for-go ecosystem.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.go
  tags:
  - Go
  - Code Generation
  - Azure SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.go
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest.go
common:
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/Azure/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: Website
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/readme.md
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/install/readme.md
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/releases
- type: APIReference
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/generate/flags.md
  title: Index of AutoRest Flags
- type: Support
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/issues
- type: Community
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/discussions
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/LICENSE
  title: MIT License
- type: Packages
  url: packages/autorest-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/autorest-packages.yml
  title: First-party npm packages and language generators
- type: CLI
  url: cli/autorest-cli.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/autorest-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/issues/5175
  title: AutoRest deprecation and retirement (2026-07-01)
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/autorest-changelog.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/autorest-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/SECURITY.md
  title: Microsoft Security Response Center disclosure policy
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/autorest-openapi-extensions.yml
  title: AutoRest x-ms-* extensions for OpenAPI 2.0
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/autorest-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/autorest-llms.txt
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Multi-Language Code Generation
    description: Generate client SDKs from OpenAPI specifications in C#, Python, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, PowerShell,
      and Swift using language-specific generator plugins.
  - name: Extensible Plugin Architecture
    description: AutoRest uses a pipeline-based plugin architecture where language generators, transformers, and validators
      are loaded as npm packages. Custom plugins can be developed to extend the generation pipeline.
  - name: OpenAPI Processing
    description: Supports OpenAPI 2.0 (Swagger) and OpenAPI 3.0 specification formats. The modelerfour plugin normalizes OpenAPI
      schemas into a consistent code model shared across all language generators.
  - name: Azure SDK Integration
    description: Tightly integrated with Microsoft Azure SDK generation for all Azure services, producing SDK packages published
      to npm, PyPI, Maven, NuGet, and Go Modules.
  - name: Configuration File Support
    description: Supports literate configuration using Markdown code blocks for per-client customization of generated output
      including namespace, output folder, and generator-specific options.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Azure Service SDK Generation
    description: Primary use case for generating Azure SDK client libraries for all Azure services from the azure-rest-api-specs
      OpenAPI repository.
  - name: REST API Client Generation
    description: Generate strongly-typed client SDKs for any REST API described in OpenAPI format across multiple programming
      languages simultaneously.
  - name: SDK Customization
    description: Use AutoRest configuration files and directives to customize generated code including renames, suppressions,
      and additional properties.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Azure REST API Specs
    description: AutoRest is the primary tool consuming the Azure/azure-rest-api-specs repository to generate official Azure
      SDK client libraries.
  - name: TypeSpec
    description: TypeSpec is the recommended successor to AutoRest for new API definitions, with AutoRest generators serving
      as code generation backends.
  - name: npm
    description: AutoRest and all language generator plugins are distributed as npm packages under the @autorest scope.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-06'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 8
  pass: local-v1
x-surface:
  kind: developer-tool
  note: AutoRest is a locally installed code generator, not a hosted API. It has no baseURL, no authentication surface, no
    rate limits and no status page, and no /.well-known/ or A2A surface of its own — the project is served entirely from github.com.
    Artifacts here describe the tool's distribution, command surface, extension vocabulary and lifecycle. Absence of runtime
    API artifacts is a property of what AutoRest is, not a gap in coverage.