# Balena

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/balena/  
**Website:** https://www.balena.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

Balena is a complete platform for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Linux devices. The platform combines balenaOS, balenaEngine, balenaCloud, the balena CLI, and the balena SDK so teams can build container-based device images and continuously deliver them to devices in the field. The balenaCloud REST API exposes device, fleet, release, and organization management using OData-style queries.

## Kin Score — 50.9 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 50.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 51.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 57.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 68.4 |
| Access Clarity | 68.4 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| 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

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

## APIs (9)

- **Balena Cloud API** — The balenaCloud REST API is the primary interface to the balena platform. It exposes resources for devices, fleets (applications), releases, environment variables, organizations...
- **Balena Devices API** — Provision, inspect, configure, and remove devices in balenaCloud, including environment variables, tags, status, and OS information.
- **Balena Fleets (Applications) API** — Manage balena fleets, formerly known as applications, that group devices and releases for deployment.
- **Balena Releases API** — Manage container-based releases and their assets, pinning, and rollout across a fleet.
- **Balena Supervisor API** — On-device REST API exposed by balena Supervisor for local control of containers, application state, host configuration, reboot, shutdown, and update checks.
- **Balena Applications API** — Fleets (applications)
- **Balena Device Tags API** — Tags associated with devices
- **Balena Devices API** — IoT devices managed by balena
- **Balena Releases API** — Container image releases

## Agentic access (1)

- **Balena Agentic Access** — 12 operations · 6 acting

## Security (4)

- **Balena Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Balena Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Balena Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published
- **Balena Trust Center** — ISO 27001

## Plans (1)

- **Balena Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Containers, Device Management, Edge, Embedded Linux, Fleet Management, IoT, OTA, Provisioning, Releases

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