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DNS Coffee

DNS Coffee collects, analyzes, and archives changes to root zone files provided by various top-level domains (TLDs), offering one of the most comprehensive views of the current state of the Domain Name System (DNS). By continuously tracking these changes, DNS Coffee uncovers valuable trends over time, making it a powerful resource for analysis and research. What began in 2011 with just 4 zones has grown into a robust platform that now processes data from over 1,200 zones daily.

DNS Coffee publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include DNS, Domain Names, and Domains.

DNS Coffee’s developer surface includes documentation and 4 more developer resources.

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18.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
DNSDomain NamesDomains

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 18.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 1

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

DNS Coffee API

DNS Coffee collects, analyzes, and archives changes to root zone files provided by various top-level domains (TLDs), offering one of the most comprehensive views of the current ...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Dns Coffee Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dns Coffee Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Dns Coffee Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Dns Coffee Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Dns Coffee Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: dns-coffee
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dns-coffee/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: dns-coffee:dns-coffee
  name: DNS Coffee API
  tags:
  - DNS
  - Domain Names
  - Domains
  humanURL: ' https://api.dns.coffee/doc/'
  properties:
  - url: ' https://api.dns.coffee/doc/'
    type: Documentation
  description: DNS Coffee collects, analyzes, and archives changes to root zone files provided by various top-level domains
    (TLDs), offering one of the most comprehensive views of the current state of the Domain Name System (DNS). By continuously
    tracking these changes, DNS Coffee uncovers valuable trends over time, making it a powerful resource for analysis and
    research. What began in 2011 with just 4 zones has grown into a robust platform that now processes data from over 1,200
    zones daily.
name: DNS Coffee
tags:
- DNS
- Domain Names
- Domains
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dns-coffee.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-02-09'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consuming
description: DNS Coffee collects, analyzes, and archives changes to root zone files provided by various top-level domains
  (TLDs), offering one of the most comprehensive views of the current state of the Domain Name System (DNS). By continuously
  tracking these changes, DNS Coffee uncovers valuable trends over time, making it a powerful resource for analysis and research.
  What began in 2011 with just 4 zones has grown into a robust platform that now processes data from over 1,200 zones daily.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/dns-coffee-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dns-coffee-domain-security.yml
- name: DNS Coffee API Documentation
  description: 'null'
  url: https://api.dns.coffee/doc/
  type: Documentation
- name: home - DNS Coffee
  description: 'null'
  url: https://dns.coffee/
  type: Website
- name: about - DNS Coffee
  description: 'null'
  url: https://dns.coffee/about
  type: About