Dagger

aid: dagger
name: Dagger
kind: opensource
description: Dagger is an open-source programmable CI/CD engine that runs pipelines in containers using a unified, introspectable
  GraphQL API. Pipelines are written as code in the developer's preferred language (Go, Python, TypeScript, PHP, Java, .NET,
  Elixir, or Rust) using Dagger SDKs and packaged as Dagger Modules that can be published to the Daggerverse module index.
  The Dagger Engine exposes Container, Directory, File, Secret, and CacheVolume as first-class GraphQL types backed by a content-addressed
  store, enabling deterministic builds and aggressive caching. Dagger Cloud provides the hosted control plane for pipeline
  traces, checks, and module observability. Dagger does not expose a public REST API; clients connect to a per-session Dagger
  Engine GraphQL endpoint and the optional Dagger Cloud Web UI.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dagger/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dagger.png
type: Index
access: Open Source
position: Consuming
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-09-07'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Build Automation
- BuildKit
- CI/CD
- Containers
- DAG
- Daggerverse
- DevOps
- GraphQL
- Modules
- OCI
- Open-Source
- Pipelines
- Programmable Pipelines
- SDK
tags_raw:
- Build Automation
- BuildKit
- CI/CD
- Containers
- DAG
- Daggerverse
- DevOps
- GraphQL
- Modules
- OCI
- Open Source
- Pipelines
- Programmable Pipelines
- SDKs
apis:
- aid: dagger:graphql
  name: Dagger Engine GraphQL API
  description: The Dagger Engine exposes a unified, introspectable GraphQL type system at a per-session endpoint. The schema
    includes Container, Directory, File, Secret, CacheVolume, and other first-class types and is dynamically extended at runtime
    by loaded Dagger Modules. All Dagger SDKs (Go, Python, TypeScript, PHP, Java, .NET, Elixir, Rust) are generated against
    this schema. There is no publicly-hosted REST endpoint.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.dagger.io/api/
  baseURL: http://127.0.0.1:{DAGGER_SESSION_PORT}
  baseURLNote: Templated and correct. Dagger publishes no hosted API host; the engine serves its GraphQL API on loopback at
    http://127.0.0.1:$DAGGER_SESSION_PORT/query for the life of one `dagger run` session, authenticated with DAGGER_SESSION_TOKEN
    over HTTP Basic. Verified 2026-09-07 against https://docs.dagger.io/0.21/getting-started/api/http/
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Introspection
  - Modules
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dagger.io/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.dagger.io/reference/
  - type: APIInternals
    url: https://docs.dagger.io/api/internals/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://dagger.io/blog/graphql
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/dagger-schema.graphqls
  - type: GraphQLSchema
    url: graphql/dagger-graphql-schema.yml
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.dagger.io/0.21/getting-started/api/http/
- aid: dagger:sdks
  name: Dagger SDKs
  description: Native SDKs for Go, Python, TypeScript, PHP, Java, .NET, Elixir, and Rust that generate strongly typed clients
    against the Dagger Engine's GraphQL schema, allowing pipelines to be written as regular code in the developer's preferred
    language.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.dagger.io/api/clients
  baseURL: http://127.0.0.1:{DAGGER_SESSION_PORT}
  baseURLNote: Every Dagger SDK is a generated client for the same per-session loopback endpoint the engine serves; there
    is no separate SDK host.
  tags:
  - .NET
  - Elixir
  - Go
  - Java
  - PHP
  - Python
  - Rust
  - SDK
  - TypeScript
  tags_raw:
  - .NET
  - Elixir
  - Go
  - Java
  - PHP
  - Python
  - Rust
  - SDKs
  - TypeScript
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dagger.io/api/clients
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/dagger/dagger
  - type: Packages
    url: packages/dagger-packages.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: packages/dagger-packages.yml
- aid: dagger:daggerverse
  name: Daggerverse Module Index
  description: Daggerverse is the free, public index of Dagger Modules. Developers search for, browse, and consume reusable
    Modules contributed by the Dagger community.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://daggerverse.dev/
  baseURL: https://daggerverse.dev/
  baseURLNote: 'Daggerverse publishes no machine-readable API. Probed 2026-09-07: /api, /api/modules, /api/search and /graphql
    all return 404, and api.daggerverse.dev does not resolve. The module index is consumed through `dagger search` / `dagger
    install` against git refs, not over HTTP by third parties, so the site root is recorded as the only host — a human surface,
    not an API base.'
  tags:
  - Daggerverse
  - Modules
  - Registry
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://daggerverse.dev/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.dagger.io/ci/quickstart/simplify/
- aid: dagger:cloud
  name: Dagger Cloud
  description: Dagger Cloud is the hosted control plane providing pipeline traces, checks, module observability, and team
    collaboration. It integrates with the local Dagger Engine for seamless trace uploads.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://dagger.io/cloud
  baseURL: https://api.dagger.cloud
  baseURLNote: 'Real, first-party and reachable, but undocumented. api.dagger.cloud answers from a Go HTTP server (plain-text
    "404 page not found" on unknown paths, not an SPA shell) and serves two real documents anonymously: /.well-known/openid-configuration
    (issuer https://api.dagger.cloud) and /jwks. No API reference for it is published — Dagger Cloud is documented as a product,
    not as an API. Probed 2026-09-07.'
  tags:
  - Cloud
  - Observability
  - Telemetry
  - Traces
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://dagger.io/cloud
  - type: Signup
    url: https://dagger.cloud
- aid: dagger:dagger-graphql-api
  name: Dagger GraphQL API
  description: The GraphQL API from Dagger — 1 operation(s) for graphql.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.dagger.io/api/
  baseURL: http://127.0.0.1:{DAGGER_SESSION_PORT}
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dagger-graphql-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/dagger-graphql-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/dagger-problem-types.yml
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/dagger/dagger/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/dagger/dagger/releases
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dagger-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dagger-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dagger-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dagger-io
- type: Website
  url: https://dagger.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.dagger.io/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.dagger.io/quickstart
- type: Reference
  url: https://docs.dagger.io/reference/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dagger
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/dagger/dagger
- type: Daggerverse
  url: https://daggerverse.dev/
- type: Blog
  url: https://dagger.io/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://dagger.io/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://dagger.cloud
- type: SignUp
  url: https://dagger.cloud
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/dagger-io
- type: Community
  url: https://discord.gg/dagger-io
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@dagger-io
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/dagger_io
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/dagger/dagger/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/dagger-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/dagger-vocabulary.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://dagger.io/partners/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.dagger.io/llms.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/dagger-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/dagger-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/dagger-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/dagger-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/dagger-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/dagger-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/dagger-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/dagger-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/dagger-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.dagger.io
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/dagger-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/dagger-changelog.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://dagger.io/changelog
- type: CLI
  url: cli/dagger-cli.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/dagger-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dagger-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dagger-rate-limits.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://dagger.io/legal_pages/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://dagger.io/legal_pages/privacy-policy
- type: FAQ
  url: https://docs.dagger.io/faq/
integrations:
- name: Dagger
- name: GitHub stars
- name: Puzzle
- name: AgencyServices AI
- name: CodeToCloud
- name: Cerbos
- name: Chainloop
- name: Civo
- name: Depot
- name: Infisical
- name: Jozu
- name: Tracetest
- name: Okteto
- name: LocalStack
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-07'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 19
  pass: local-v3