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Debian

Debian is a free operating system distribution maintained by the Debian Project, a community of more than a thousand volunteers worldwide. Debian provides a number of developer-facing services including a source-code browsing API at sources.debian.org, the Bug Tracking System (BTS) at bugs.debian.org, and the Ultimate Debian Database (UDD) - a single Postgres database aggregating package, bug, Lintian, popcon, and reproducibility data for cross-cutting queries.

Debian publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Sources API, Bugs API, Copyright API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Bug Tracker, Debian, Linux, Open Source, and Operating System.

The Debian catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Debian’s developer surface includes engineering blog, documentation, and 13 more developer resources.

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46.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
6 APIs
Bug TrackerDebianLinuxOpen SourceOperating SystemPackage ManagementSource Code

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 46.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 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.

Debian Sources API

The Debian Sources API at sources.debian.org provides programmatic access to source code, package metadata, copyright records, and Debian patches for every source package in the...

Debian Bugs API

The Bugs API from Debian — 4 operation(s) for bugs.

Debian Copyright API

The Copyright API from Debian — 2 operation(s) for copyright.

Debian Maintainers API

The Maintainers API from Debian — 1 operation(s) for maintainers.

Debian Patches API

The Patches API from Debian — 1 operation(s) for patches.

Debian Reproducibility API

The Reproducibility API from Debian — 1 operation(s) for reproducibility.

Open Collections 3

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

Debian Bug Tracking System API

OPEN COLLECTION

Debian Sources API

OPEN COLLECTION

Debian Ultimate Database (UDD) Web Tools

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Debian Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Debian Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Debian Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Debian Context

3 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Debian API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Debian API Rules

5 rules · 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Debian Bug Report

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Debian Source Package

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Debian Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Debian Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Debian Agentic Access

17 operations

17 operations · 0 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

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 GitLab
GitLab

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 License
License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Wiki
Wiki
 Mailing Lists
Mailing Lists

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: debian
name: Debian
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/debian/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: Public
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/debian.png
tags:
- Bug Tracker
- Debian
- Linux
- Open Source
- Operating System
- Package Management
- Source Code
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: opensource
description: Debian is a free operating system distribution maintained by the Debian Project, a community of more than a thousand
  volunteers worldwide. Debian provides a number of developer-facing services including a source-code browsing API at sources.debian.org,
  the Bug Tracking System (BTS) at bugs.debian.org, and the Ultimate Debian Database (UDD) - a single Postgres database aggregating
  package, bug, Lintian, popcon, and reproducibility data for cross-cutting queries.
apis:
- aid: debian:debian-sources-api
  name: Debian Sources API
  description: The Debian Sources API at sources.debian.org provides programmatic access to source code, package metadata,
    copyright records, and Debian patches for every source package in the archive.
  humanURL: https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/
  baseURL: https://sources.debian.org/api
  tags:
  - Copyright
  - Packages
  - Patches
  - Source Code
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/debian-sources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/debian-package.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/debian-sources-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/debian-sources-api-capabilities.yml
- aid: debian:debian-bugs-api
  name: Debian Bugs API
  description: The Bugs API from Debian — 4 operation(s) for bugs.
  humanURL: https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/
  baseURL: https://sources.debian.org/api
  tags:
  - Bugs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/debian-bugs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/debian-bug.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase
- aid: debian:debian-copyright-api
  name: Debian Copyright API
  description: The Copyright API from Debian — 2 operation(s) for copyright.
  humanURL: https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/
  baseURL: https://sources.debian.org/api
  tags:
  - Copyright
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/debian-copyright-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/debian-bug.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase
- aid: debian:debian-maintainers-api
  name: Debian Maintainers API
  description: The Maintainers API from Debian — 1 operation(s) for maintainers.
  humanURL: https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/
  baseURL: https://sources.debian.org/api
  tags:
  - Maintainers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/debian-maintainers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/debian-bug.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase
- aid: debian:debian-patches-api
  name: Debian Patches API
  description: The Patches API from Debian — 1 operation(s) for patches.
  humanURL: https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/
  baseURL: https://sources.debian.org/api
  tags:
  - Patches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/debian-patches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/debian-bug.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase
- aid: debian:debian-reproducibility-api
  name: Debian Reproducibility API
  description: The Reproducibility API from Debian — 1 operation(s) for reproducibility.
  humanURL: https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/
  baseURL: https://sources.debian.org/api
  tags:
  - Reproducibility
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/debian-reproducibility-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/debian-bug.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/debian-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/debian-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/debian-domain-security.yml
- url: https://bits.debian.org/feeds/atom.xml
  type: Blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Debian
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/debian
- type: Website
  url: https://www.debian.org/
- type: Wiki
  url: https://wiki.debian.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.debian.org/doc/
- type: GitLab
  url: https://salsa.debian.org/
- type: Mailing Lists
  url: https://lists.debian.org/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy
- type: License
  url: https://www.debian.org/social_contract
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/debian-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/debian-vocabulary.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.debian.org/partners/
integrations:
- name: Partners Program
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com