Crowd.dev

Crowd.dev is an open-source developer data platform that centralizes community, product, and commercial data to unify contributor identities, resolve who is engaging with an open-source project, and activate that data for developer relations and community-led growth. Founded in Berlin and backed by Seedcamp, crowd.dev was acquired by the Linux Foundation in April 2024 and now powers the LFX Community Data Platform (CDP). The codebase is Apache-2.0 open source at github.com/CrowdDotDev (now linuxfoundation/crowd.dev), and the CDP Public API exposes transactional REST endpoints for member and organization profiles, identity verification, work-experience and project-affiliation management, contributor affiliation lookups, and open-source package/stewardship intelligence.

Crowd.dev publishes 16 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Advisories API, Affiliations API, Contacts API, and 13 more. Tagged areas include Company, Community, Developer Relations, Developer Data Platform, and Identity Resolution.

Crowd.dev’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, API reference, support, signup flow, changelog, and 29 more developer resources.

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55.7/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 43/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFree

16 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyCommunityDeveloper RelationsDeveloper Data PlatformIdentity ResolutionOpen-SourceCommunity Data PlatformOpen Source Intelligence

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Composite quality — 55.7/100 · strong

Contract Quality 14.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 14.2 / 20

Access Clarity 8.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.5 / 13

Contract Governance 3.6 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 43/100 · agent ready

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 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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 16

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

Open Collections 17

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

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Crowddev Scopes

17 scopes · clientCredentials

17 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Crowddev Agentic Access

56 operations · 28 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

56 operations · 28 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

SignUp

Sandbox

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

SourceCode

CLI

CLI

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 7

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

Releases

Support

ChangeLog

StatusPage

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Scroll for all 7

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

License

Plans

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: crowddev
name: Crowd.dev
description: Crowd.dev is an open-source developer data platform that centralizes community, product, and commercial data
  to unify contributor identities, resolve who is engaging with an open-source project, and activate that data for developer
  relations and community-led growth. Founded in Berlin and backed by Seedcamp, crowd.dev was acquired by the Linux Foundation
  in April 2024 and now powers the LFX Community Data Platform (CDP). The codebase is Apache-2.0 open source at github.com/CrowdDotDev
  (now linuxfoundation/crowd.dev), and the CDP Public API exposes transactional REST endpoints for member and organization
  profiles, identity verification, work-experience and project-affiliation management, contributor affiliation lookups, and
  open-source package/stewardship intelligence.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/crowddev/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: request
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free; API credentials provisioned by the Linux Foundation
  confidence: high
  source:
  - https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/community-management
  - https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/blob/main/docs/adr/0016-akrites-cdp-public-api-authentication.md
  generated: '2026-08-14'
  method: searched
  note: 'The Community Data Platform is free to use and has no pricing page or paid tier. API access is not self-serve: Auth0
    machine-to-machine clients on the cdp_public_api audience are provisioned per consumer by the Linux Foundation, and UI
    access is documented as Linux Foundation employees only. See plans/crowddev-plans-pricing.yml.'
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/85551972?v=4
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- seedcamp
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-acquired-by: linux-foundation
x-acquired-date: 2024-04
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-08-14'
tags:
- Company
- Community
- Developer Relations
- Developer Data Platform
- Identity Resolution
- Open-Source
- Community Data Platform
- Open Source Intelligence
tags_raw:
- Company
- Community
- Developer Relations
- Developer Data Platform
- Identity Resolution
- Open Source
- Community Data Platform
- Open Source Intelligence
apis:
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-advisories-api
  name: Crowd.dev Advisories API
  description: Security advisories for a package, split out of package detail. The draft contract gates these behind a dedicated
    read:advisories scope; until Auth0 issues it, the implementation reuses read:packages (advisories need no stewardship
    read). Confirm the final scope name (read:advisories vs cdp:advisories:read) with Akrites/product.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Advisories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-advisories-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-affiliations-api
  name: Crowd.dev Affiliations API
  description: Bulk contributor affiliation lookups by GitHub handle.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Affiliations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-affiliations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-contacts-api
  name: Crowd.dev Contacts API
  description: Security contacts for a package — includes contact PII (e.g. reporter emails). The contract gates these behind
    a dedicated cdp:maintainers:read scope and forbids reaching them via the packages scope; until Auth0 issues it, the implementation
    requires read:maintainer-roles (NOT read:packages). The response shape is still under discussion upstream (reportingMethods
    / reportingGuidelines / integrationHints are reserved and always null today).
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Contacts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-contacts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-dashboard-api
  name: Crowd.dev Dashboard API
  description: KPI bar metrics and activity feed.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Dashboard
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-dashboard-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-maintainer-roles-api
  name: Crowd.dev Maintainer Roles API
  description: Retrieve maintainer roles for a member.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Maintainer Roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-maintainer-roles-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-member-affiliations-api-api
  name: Crowd.dev Member Affiliations API API
  description: API endpoints for managing project affiliations, including listing and bulk updating affiliation relationships
    within a profile.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Member Affiliations API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-member-affiliations-api-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-member-identities-api
  name: Crowd.dev Member Identities API
  description: Manage and verify member identities across platforms.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Member Identities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-member-identities-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-member-organizations-api-api
  name: Crowd.dev Member Organizations API API
  description: API endpoints for managing work history organizations, including creating, reading, updating, and deleting
    organization relationships for profiles.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Member Organizations API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-member-organizations-api-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-members-api
  name: Crowd.dev Members API
  description: Resolve member profiles by identity.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Members
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-members-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-organizations-api
  name: Crowd.dev Organizations API
  description: Look up and create organizations.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-organizations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-packages-api
  name: Crowd.dev Packages API
  description: Package detail — requires read:packages and read:stewardships (see TODO above).
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Packages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-packages-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-project-affiliations-api
  name: Crowd.dev Project Affiliations API
  description: View and override per-project affiliation data for a member.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Project Affiliations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-project-affiliations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-stewardship-actions-api
  name: Crowd.dev Stewardship Actions API
  description: Admin-initiated stewardship mutations.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Stewardship Actions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-stewardship-actions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-stewardship-api
  name: Crowd.dev Stewardship API
  description: Stewardship state — individual and batch.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Stewardship
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-stewardship-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-stewardships-api
  name: Crowd.dev Stewardships API
  description: Open, assign, escalate, and update stewardship status.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Stewardships
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-stewardships-api-openapi.yml
- aid: crowddev:crowddev-work-experiences-api
  name: Crowd.dev Work Experiences API
  description: Manage and verify member work experiences (organization affiliations).
  humanURL: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
  baseURL: https://cm.lfx.dev/api/v1
  tags:
  - Work Experiences
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crowddev-work-experiences-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/releases
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/crowddev-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/crowddev-agentic-access.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/crowddev-scopes.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/crowddev-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://crowd.dev
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.crowd.dev/docs/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/community-management
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/community-management/quick-start-guide
- type: APIReference
  url: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/tree/main/backend/src/api/public
- type: Support
  url: https://jira.linuxfoundation.org/plugins/servlet/desk/portal/4
- type: SignUp
  url: https://cm.lfx.dev/project-groups
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/privacy-policy
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://changelog.crowd.dev/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/CrowdDotDev
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/linuxfoundation/crowd.dev/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.lfx.dev
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/crowddev-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/crowddev-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/crowddev-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/crowddev-data-model.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/crowddev-mcp.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/crowddev-conformance.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/crowddev-cdp-public-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/crowddev-llms.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/crowddev-changelog.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/crowddev-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/crowddev-rate-limits.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/crowddev-sandbox.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/crowddev-cli.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-14'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 8
  pass: local-v1
  note: 'Ownership verified: all seven OpenAPI documents are published first-party in the Apache-2.0 repo linuxfoundation/crowd.dev
    under backend/src/api/public/ and backend/id-openapi.yaml, with servers[] naming cm.lfx.dev (production) and lf-staging.crowd.dev
    (staging). Rate limits, authentication and scopes upgraded to searched from the repo''s dated ADR set. No SDK, no AsyncAPI,
    no A2A card, no well-known document and no CDP MCP server exist.'