Ballerina

Integration problems have been solved by restricted drag-and-drop tools/DSLs or generic programming languages that dont understand the unique challenges of integrations.

Ballerina publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Connectors API, Organizations API, and Packages API. Tagged areas include Integrations, Orchestrations, Open Source, and Programming Language.

The Ballerina catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Ballerina’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 19 more developer resources.

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47.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

3 APIs 27 Features 8 Use Cases

IntegrationsOrchestrationsOpen SourceProgramming Language

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 47.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 4.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Ballerina Connectors API

The Connectors API from Ballerina — 2 operation(s) for connectors.

Ballerina Organizations API

The Organizations API from Ballerina — 2 operation(s) for organizations.

Ballerina Packages API

The Packages API from Ballerina — 5 operation(s) for packages.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Ballerina Central API

OPEN COLLECTION

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Ballerina GraphQL API

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Ballerina Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ballerina Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Ballerina Finops

FINOPS

Features 27

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Web Services

Working With Data

Restful API

gRPC API

GraphQL API

Kafka Consumer

Kafka Producer

Databases

LLMS

WSDL

Sequence Diagrams

Flowcharts

GraphQL CLI

Git-based workflow

VS Code Integration

Diagramming

Declarative data processing

Model optionality

Model choices as discriminate unions

Model data as data

Pattern matching

Data validation at the boundary

Data immutability

XML support

JSON support

Model data streams

Model tabular data

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Ballerina Context

10 classes · 27 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Ballerina API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Ballerina API Rules

19 rules · 8 errors 9 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 10

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Connector

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ConnectorSearchResponse

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Central Api Package Version Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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9 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Ballerina Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Ballerina Agentic Access

9 operations

9 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 8

What developers build with this provider.

Integration

Healthcare

Data-oriented programming

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)

B2B integrations

ETL

Microservices

Backends for Frontends

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Resources

Website

Newsletter

Newsletter

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CaseStudies

CaseStudies

Events

Events

Trademark

Trademark

Source (apis.yml)

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apis:
- aid: ballerina:ballerina-connectors-api
  name: Ballerina Connectors API
  description: The Connectors API from Ballerina — 2 operation(s) for connectors.
  humanURL: ' https://ballerina.io/'
  tags:
  - Connectors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ballerina-connectors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: ' https://ballerina.io/'
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/ballerina-graphql.md
- aid: ballerina:ballerina-organizations-api
  name: Ballerina Organizations API
  description: The Organizations API from Ballerina — 2 operation(s) for organizations.
  humanURL: ' https://ballerina.io/'
  tags:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ballerina-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: ' https://ballerina.io/'
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/ballerina-graphql.md
- aid: ballerina:ballerina-packages-api
  name: Ballerina Packages API
  description: The Packages API from Ballerina — 5 operation(s) for packages.
  humanURL: ' https://ballerina.io/'
  tags:
  - Packages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ballerina-packages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: ' https://ballerina.io/'
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/ballerina-graphql.md
name: Ballerina
tags:
- Integrations
- Orchestrations
- Open Source
- Programming Language
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/ballerina.png
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ballerina-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ballerina-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ballerina-platform
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/ballerinalang
- url: https://ballerina.io/
  name: The Ballerina programming language
  type: Website
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/case-studies/
  name: Ballerina case studies - The Ballerina programming language
  type: CaseStudies
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/learn/
  name: Learn - The Ballerina programming language
  type: Learning
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/learn/
  name: Learn - The Ballerina programming language
  type: Learning
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/learn/
  name: Learn - The Ballerina programming language
  type: Learning
  description: 'null'
- url: https://central.ballerina.io/
  name: Ballerina Central
  type: Packages
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/community/events/
  name: Events - The Ballerina programming language
  type: Events
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/community/#subscribe-to-our-newsletter
  name: Community - The Ballerina programming language
  type: Newsletter
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/terms-of-service/
  name: Terms of service - The Ballerina programming language
  type: TermsOfService
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/privacy-policy/
  name: Privacy policy - The Ballerina programming language
  type: PrivacyPolicy
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/security-policy/
  name: Security policy - The Ballerina programming language
  type: Security
  description: 'null'
- url: https://ballerina.io/trademark-usage-policy/
  name: Ballerina trademark usage policy - The Ballerina programming language
  type: Trademark
  description: 'null'
- url: https://blog.ballerina.io/
  name: Blog - The Ballerina programming language
  type: Blog
  description: 'null'
- url: https://central.ballerina.io/ballerina-library
  name: Ballerina library - Ballerina Central
  type: Libraries
  description: 'null'
- name: Use Cases
  type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Integration
  - name: Healthcare
  - name: Data-oriented programming
  - name: Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
  - name: B2B integrations
  - name: ETL
  - name: Microservices
  - name: Backends for Frontends
- name: Features
  type: Features
  data:
  - name: Web Services
  - name: Working With Data
  - name: Restful API
  - name: gRPC API
  - name: GraphQL API
  - name: Kafka Consumer
  - name: Kafka Producer
  - name: Databases
  - name: LLMS
  - name: WSDL
  - name: Sequence Diagrams
  - name: Flowcharts
  - name: GraphQL CLI
  - name: Git-based workflow
  - name: VS Code Integration
  - name: Diagramming
  - name: Declarative data processing
  - name: Model optionality
  - name: Model choices as discriminate unions
  - name: Model data as data
  - name: Pattern matching
  - name: Data validation at the boundary
  - name: Data immutability
  - name: XML support
  - name: JSON support
  - name: Model data streams
  - name: Model tabular data
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/ballerina-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/ballerina-vocabulary.yaml
created: '2025-06-05'
modified: '2026-04-21'
position: Consumer
description: Integration problems have been solved by restricted drag-and-drop tools/DSLs or generic programming languages
  that dont understand the unique challenges of integrations.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'