# Calico

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/calico/  
**Website:** https://www.tigera.io/project-calico/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

Calico is an open source networking and network security solution for containers, virtual machines, and native host-based workloads. Created and maintained by Tigera, it is the most widely adopted solution for container networking and security, powering over 8 million nodes daily across 166 countries.

## Kin Score — 38.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 53.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Insurance**: 27.3 (matched via tags).

## 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

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

## APIs (10)

- **Calico Client API** — The Calico Client Library provides programmatic access to manage Calico resources such as network policies, IP pools, BGP configuration, host and workload endpoints, and IPAM se...
- **calicoctl CLI** — calicoctl is the command-line tool that enables operators and automation systems to create, read, update, and delete Calico resources such as policies, IP pools, BGP peers, host...
- **Calico Kubernetes CRDs** — Calico exposes its networking and security primitives through Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) including NetworkPolicy, GlobalNetworkPolicy, IPPool, BGPConfiguratio...
- **Calico BGPConfiguration API** — The BGPConfiguration API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for bgpconfiguration.
- **Calico BGPPeer API** — The BGPPeer API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for bgppeer.
- **Calico GlobalNetworkPolicy API** — The GlobalNetworkPolicy API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for globalnetworkpolicy.
- **Calico HostEndpoint API** — The HostEndpoint API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for hostendpoint.
- **Calico IPPool API** — The IPPool API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for ippool.
- **Calico NetworkPolicy API** — The NetworkPolicy API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for networkpolicy.
- **Calico Profile API** — The Profile API from Calico — 2 operation(s) for profile.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Calico Agentic Access** — 28 operations · 14 acting

## Security (3)

- **Calico Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Calico Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Calico Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published

## Plans (1)

- **Calico Plans Pricing**

## Tags

CNI, Containers, eBPF, Kubernetes, Network Policy, Network Security, Networking, Open-Source, Service Mesh

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