Delta Lake

Delta Lake is a graduated project of the Linux Foundation AI & Data Foundation providing an open source storage framework for building Lakehouse architectures. Originally contributed by Databricks, it adds reliability, quality, and performance to data lakes with ACID transactions, schema enforcement, time travel, and Iceberg/Hudi interoperability via UniForm. Delta Lake projects also include Delta Sharing (an open protocol for secure data sharing) and catalog-managed tables built on the Iceberg REST Catalog protocol.

Delta Lake publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Delta Sharing Protocol. Tagged areas include Data, Data Lake, Lakehouse, Linux Foundation, and Open-Source.

Delta Lake’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, changelog, sandbox, API reference, getting-started guide, and 26 more developer resources.

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48.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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3 APIs

Data Data Lake Lakehouse Linux Foundation Open-Source Storage Streaming

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 48.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.5 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 11.5 / 18

Access Clarity 5.2 / 18

Operational Transparency 4.0 / 12

Contract Governance 3.6 / 11

Discoverability 6.5 / 9

Open Source Surface 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 3

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

Delta Lake Storage Framework

The Delta Lake storage framework defines the on-disk transaction log and protocol that adds ACID transactions, schema enforcement, and time travel to Parquet-based data lakes. D...

Delta Sharing Protocol

Delta Sharing is an open protocol for secure data sharing across organizations, defined as a REST API specification. Sharing servers expose endpoints for listing shares, schemas...

Delta Catalog-Managed Tables

Catalog-managed Delta tables delegate table scan planning to an external catalog using the Iceberg REST Catalog protocol, enabling interoperability with Unity Catalog and other ...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Delta Lake Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Delta Lake Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Delta Lake Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Delta Lake Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Delta Lake Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Conformance

Lifecycle

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Idempotency

DataModel

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Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrg

Packages

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

Slack

Deprecation

ChangeLog

Support

Roadmap

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

LinuxFoundation

LinuxFoundation

Source (apis.yml)

aid: delta-lake
name: Delta Lake
description: Delta Lake is a graduated project of the Linux Foundation AI & Data Foundation providing an open source storage
  framework for building Lakehouse architectures. Originally contributed by Databricks, it adds reliability, quality, and
  performance to data lakes with ACID transactions, schema enforcement, time travel, and Iceberg/Hudi interoperability via
  UniForm. Delta Lake projects also include Delta Sharing (an open protocol for secure data sharing) and catalog-managed tables
  built on the Iceberg REST Catalog protocol.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/delta-lake.png
tags:
- Data
- Data Lake
- Lakehouse
- Linux Foundation
- Open-Source
- Storage
- Streaming
tags_raw:
- Data
- Data Lake
- Lakehouse
- Linux Foundation
- Open Source
- Storage
- Streaming
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-09-05'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/delta-lake/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
kind: opensource
apis:
- aid: delta-lake:delta-lake-storage
  name: Delta Lake Storage Framework
  description: The Delta Lake storage framework defines the on-disk transaction log and protocol that adds ACID transactions,
    schema enforcement, and time travel to Parquet-based data lakes. Delta Lake exposes Spark, Rust, and Python APIs (delta-spark,
    delta-rs, deltalake) rather than a network API.
  humanURL: https://docs.delta.io/
  tags:
  - Lakehouse
  - Protocol
  - Storage
  - Transaction Log
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.delta.io/
  - type: Protocol
    url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/releases
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.delta.io/delta-apidoc/
  - type: Protobuf
    name: Delta Connect (base)
    url: grpc/delta-lake-delta-connect-base.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    name: Delta Connect (commands)
    url: grpc/delta-lake-delta-connect-commands.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    name: Delta Connect (relations)
    url: grpc/delta-lake-delta-connect-relations.proto
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: llms/delta-lake-llms.txt
- aid: delta-lake:delta-sharing
  name: Delta Sharing Protocol
  description: Delta Sharing is an open protocol for secure data sharing across organizations, defined as a REST API specification.
    Sharing servers expose endpoints for listing shares, schemas, and tables, and for retrieving signed URLs to underlying
    data files.
  humanURL: https://delta.io/sharing/
  baseURL: https://sharing.delta.io/delta-sharing/
  tags:
  - Data Sharing
  - Open Protocol
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta-sharing
  - type: Protocol
    url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta-sharing/blob/main/PROTOCOL.md
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta-sharing
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/delta-lake-delta-sharing-protocol-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/delta-lake-delta-sharing-protocol-overlay.yaml
  - type: Protobuf
    name: Delta Sharing reference server response objects
    url: grpc/delta-lake-delta-sharing-protocol.proto
  - type: X-MCPServerCandidate
    url: mcp/delta-lake-mcp.yml
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta-sharing/releases
- aid: delta-lake:delta-catalog
  name: Delta Catalog-Managed Tables
  description: Catalog-managed Delta tables delegate table scan planning to an external catalog using the Iceberg REST Catalog
    protocol, enabling interoperability with Unity Catalog and other catalog services.
  humanURL: https://delta.io/blog/2026-02-02-delta-catalog-managed-tables/
  tags:
  - Catalog
  - Iceberg REST
  - Interoperability
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://delta.io/blog/2026-02-02-delta-catalog-managed-tables/
  - type: Protocol
    url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md
common:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/delta-lake-authentication.yml
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/issues
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/delta-lake-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deltalake
- type: Website
  url: https://delta.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.delta.io/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/delta-io
- type: Blog
  url: https://delta.io/blog/
- type: LinuxFoundation
  url: https://lfaidata.foundation/projects/delta-lake/
- type: Slack
  url: https://go.delta.io/slack
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/delta-lake-vocabulary.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://delta.io/integrations/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/delta-lake-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/delta-lake-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/delta-lake-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/delta-lake-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/delta-lake-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/delta-lake-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/delta-lake-changelog.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/delta-lake-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/delta-lake-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/delta-lake-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/delta-lake-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/delta-lake-sandbox.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.delta.io/delta-apidoc/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://delta.io/learn/getting-started
- type: Support
  url: https://delta.io/resources/getting-help
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://delta.io/roadmap
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://lfprojects.org/policies/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://lfprojects.org/policies/privacy-policy/
integrations:
- name: The Linux Foundation Projects
- name: Delta Lake
- name: logo
- name: UniForm
- name: The Linux Foundation
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-05'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 22
  pass: local-v3

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