# Datasette

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/datasette/  
**Website:** https://datasette.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Datasette is an open source multi‑tool for exploring and publishing data. It enables data journalists, archivists, researchers, and anyone with data to quickly analyze, visualize, and share it via interactive websites and JSON APIs. The platform supports plugins, tutorials, and deployment to cloud providers, making data publishing accessible and extensible.

## Kin Score — 27.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 67.9 |
| Contract Quality | 21.6 |
| Contract Governance | 22.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 16.7 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 19.7 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | distinct |

## APIs (1)

- **Datasette API** — Datasette API as documented publicly: 5 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-20); not the provider's own document.

## Security (2)

- **Datasette Authentication** — 2 schemes
- **Datasette Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

OpenSource, DataTools, Publishing, Visualization, Community

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