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Carbone

Carbone is a document generation engine that uses Word, Excel, PowerPoint and ODF templates with JSON data to produce PDFs or office documents. The Carbone HTTP API offers a template-then-render workflow with both cloud (api.carbone.io) and on-prem deployments. The Carbone JS rendering engine is open-source and embeddable.

Carbone publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Render API, Status API, and Template API. Tagged areas include Document Generation, PDF, Templates, Open-Source, and Office.

Carbone’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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33.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try
6 APIs
Document GenerationPDFTemplatesOpen-SourceOfficeDOCXXLSX

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 33.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Access Clarity 5.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 6

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

Carbone Cloud HTTP API

Cloud-hosted Carbone API. Two flows — upload-once via POST /template then render with a template ID; or single-request inline-base64 render. Bearer-token auth (Authorization hea...

Carbone On-Premises

Self-hosted Carbone deployment exposing the same HTTP API. Auth disabled by default; enable via configuration. 30-day free trial of paid features.

Carbone Render Engine (Open Source)

Open-source Node.js library that powers the rendering engine. Embed directly in your application; render templates with JSON data without hitting the cloud API.

Carbone Render API

The Render API from Carbone — 3 operation(s) for render.

Carbone Status API

The Status API from Carbone — 1 operation(s) for status.

Carbone Template API

The Template API from Carbone — 2 operation(s) for template.

Open Collections 5

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Carbone Cloud HTTP Render API

OPEN COLLECTION

Carbone Cloud HTTP Render Status API

OPEN COLLECTION

Carbone Cloud HTTP Render Template API

OPEN COLLECTION

Carbone Cloud HTTP API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Carbone Plans Pricing

11 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Carbone Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Carbone Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Carbone Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Carbone Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Carbone Agentic Access

7 operations · 4 acting

7 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy
SecurityPolicy
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker
IssueTracker
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: carbone
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carbone/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Carbone
kind: company
description: Carbone is a document generation engine that uses Word, Excel, PowerPoint and ODF templates with JSON data to
  produce PDFs or office documents. The Carbone HTTP API offers a template-then-render workflow with both cloud (api.carbone.io)
  and on-prem deployments. The Carbone JS rendering engine is open-source and embeddable.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/carbone.png
tags:
- Document Generation
- PDF
- Templates
- Open-Source
- Office
- DOCX
- XLSX
tags_raw:
- Document Generation
- PDF
- Templates
- Open Source
- Office
- DOCX
- XLSX
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: carbone:cloud
  name: Carbone Cloud HTTP API
  description: Cloud-hosted Carbone API. Two flows — upload-once via POST /template then render with a template ID; or single-request
    inline-base64 render. Bearer-token auth (Authorization header). Sync and async via webhooks. Hosted on European providers
    (OVHCloud, Scaleway, BunnyCDN).
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://carbone.io/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://api.carbone.io
  tags:
  - REST
  - Templates
  - Render
  - Async
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - REST
  - Templates
  - Render
  - Async
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://carbone.io/api-reference.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://carbone.io/api-reference.html#authentication
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/carboneio/carbone-sdk-js
- aid: carbone:on-prem
  name: Carbone On-Premises
  description: Self-hosted Carbone deployment exposing the same HTTP API. Auth disabled by default; enable via configuration.
    30-day free trial of paid features.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://carbone.io/documentation.html
  baseURL: http://<your-host>:4000
  tags:
  - REST
  - Self-Hosted
  - On-Prem
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://carbone.io/documentation.html
- aid: carbone:js
  name: Carbone Render Engine (Open Source)
  description: Open-source Node.js library that powers the rendering engine. Embed directly in your application; render templates
    with JSON data without hitting the cloud API.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://github.com/carboneio/carbone
  baseURL: npm:carbone
  tags:
  - SDK
  - Open-Source
  - Node.js
  tags_raw:
  - SDK
  - Open Source
  - Node.js
  properties:
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/carboneio/carbone
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://carbone.io/documentation.html
- aid: carbone:carbone-render-api
  name: Carbone Render API
  description: The Render API from Carbone — 3 operation(s) for render.
  humanURL: https://carbone.io/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://api.carbone.io
  tags:
  - Render
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carbone-render-api-openapi.yml
- aid: carbone:carbone-status-api
  name: Carbone Status API
  description: The Status API from Carbone — 1 operation(s) for status.
  humanURL: https://carbone.io/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://api.carbone.io
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carbone-status-api-openapi.yml
- aid: carbone:carbone-template-api
  name: Carbone Template API
  description: The Template API from Carbone — 2 operation(s) for template.
  humanURL: https://carbone.io/api-reference.html
  baseURL: https://api.carbone.io
  tags:
  - Template
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carbone-template-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/carboneio/carbone/issues
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/carboneio/carbone/blob/master/SECURITY.md
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/carbone-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/carbone-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/carbone-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carboneio
- type: Website
  url: https://carbone.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://carbone.io/documentation.html
- type: Pricing
  url: https://carbone.io/pricing.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/carboneio
- type: Plans
  url: plans/carbone-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/carbone-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/carbone-finops.yml
- url: https://carbone.io/blog/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com