Depot

Depot is a fast container-image build and remote cache service. It runs Docker builds and GitHub Actions jobs on managed, single-tenant cloud compute with persistent BuildKit cache, and exposes Depot Cache as a remote cache backend for tools like Bazel, Go, Turborepo, Gradle, and sccache. Depot is programmable through a public API at api.depot.dev built on Connect (multiprotocol gRPC, gRPC-Web, and HTTP/JSON) for managing projects, tokens, and builds, plus the depot CLI.

Depot publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: BuildKitService API, BuildService API, and ProjectService API. Tagged areas include Container Builds, Docker, BuildKit, Remote Cache, and CI/CD.

Depot’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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37.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

5 APIs

Container BuildsDockerBuildKitRemote CacheCI/CDGitHub Actions

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 37.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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 5

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Depot Dev Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

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

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: depot-dev
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/depot-dev/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Depot
kind: company
description: Depot is a fast container-image build and remote cache service. It runs Docker builds and GitHub Actions jobs
  on managed, single-tenant cloud compute with persistent BuildKit cache, and exposes Depot Cache as a remote cache backend
  for tools like Bazel, Go, Turborepo, Gradle, and sccache. Depot is programmable through a public API at api.depot.dev built
  on Connect (multiprotocol gRPC, gRPC-Web, and HTTP/JSON) for managing projects, tokens, and builds, plus the depot CLI.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/depot-dev.png
tags:
- Container Builds
- Docker
- BuildKit
- Remote Cache
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: depot-dev:depot-dev-github-actions-runners
  name: Depot GitHub Actions Runners
  tags:
  - GitHub Actions
  - Runners
  - CI/CD
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://depot.dev/docs/github-actions/overview
  baseURL: https://api.depot.dev
  properties:
  - url: https://depot.dev/docs/github-actions/overview
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://depot.dev/products/github-actions
    type: Documentation
  description: Managed, single-tenant GitHub Actions runners selected via runner labels (e.g. depot-ubuntu-24.04, depot-ubuntu-24.04-arm)
    across Intel, Arm/Graviton4, macOS, Windows, and GPU sizes. Runners are provisioned through a GitHub webhook integration
    rather than direct API calls; usage is billed per second at roughly half the cost of GitHub-hosted runners.
- aid: depot-dev:depot-dev-cache
  name: Depot Cache
  tags:
  - Remote Cache
  - Bazel
  - Turborepo
  - sccache
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://depot.dev/docs/cache/overview
  baseURL: https://api.depot.dev
  properties:
  - url: https://depot.dev/docs/cache/overview
    type: Documentation
  description: Depot Cache is a remote build cache backend that plugs into tools supporting remote caching (GitHub Actions,
    Bazel, Go, Turborepo, Gradle, Pants, sccache). It is consumed through each tool's native remote-cache protocol authenticated
    with a Depot token, not through a separate REST API.
- aid: depot-dev:depot-dev-buildkitservice-api
  name: Depot BuildKitService API
  description: Acquire a low-level BuildKit machine connection (depot.buildkit.v1.BuildKitService).
  humanURL: https://depot.dev/docs/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.depot.dev
  tags:
  - BuildKitService
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/depot-dev-buildkitservice-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/container-builds/reference/api-overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://buf.build/depot/api/docs/main:depot.core.v1
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/depot-dev.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/depot-dev.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/docker-build-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/api/api-container-builds-tutorial
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/depot-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/container-builds/reference/api-authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/project-tokens
- aid: depot-dev:depot-dev-buildservice-api
  name: Depot BuildService API
  description: Register, finish, get, and list builds (depot.build.v1.BuildService).
  humanURL: https://depot.dev/docs/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.depot.dev
  tags:
  - BuildService
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/depot-dev-buildservice-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/container-builds/reference/api-overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://buf.build/depot/api/docs/main:depot.core.v1
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/depot-dev.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/depot-dev.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/docker-build-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/api/api-container-builds-tutorial
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/depot-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/container-builds/reference/api-authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/project-tokens
- aid: depot-dev:depot-dev-projectservice-api
  name: Depot ProjectService API
  description: Manage Depot projects and project tokens (depot.core.v1.ProjectService).
  humanURL: https://depot.dev/docs/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.depot.dev
  tags:
  - ProjectService
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/depot-dev-projectservice-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/container-builds/reference/api-overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://buf.build/depot/api/docs/main:depot.core.v1
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/depot-dev.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/depot-dev.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/docker-build-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/api/api-container-builds-tutorial
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/depot-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/docs/container-builds/reference/api-authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depot.dev/blog/project-tokens
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/depot-dev-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/depot-dev-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/depot-dev-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/depot
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/depot-dev
- type: Website
  url: https://depot.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://depot.dev/docs
- type: Plans
  url: plans/depot-dev-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/depot-dev-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/depot-dev-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://depot.dev/rss.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Depot

Kin Score

APIs 5

Depot GitHub Actions Runners

Depot Cache

Depot BuildKitService API

Depot BuildService API

Depot ProjectService API

Open Collections 1

Depot API

Pricing Plans 1

Depot Dev Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Depot Dev Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Depot Dev Finops

Security Posture 2

Depot Dev Authentication

Depot Dev Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Depot Dev Agentic Access