DVC

DVC (Data Version Control) is an Apache 2.0 open-source CLI and Python library for versioning datasets, models, pipelines, and ML experiments on top of Git. It is not a network service — there is no DVC REST API.

DVC publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include ML, MLOps, Versioning, CLI, and Open Source.

DVC’s developer surface includes developer portal, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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17.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

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Composite quality — 17.6/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 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.

DVC CLI and Python API

DVC ships as a CLI plus a Python API (`dvc.api`). It tracks data and model files via pointers stored in Git and pushes payloads to remote storage backends (S3, Azure, GCS, SSH, ...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Dvc Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dvc Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

SourceCode

SourceCode

VSCodeExtension

VSCodeExtension

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

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 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Iterative.ai

ParentOrg

Source (apis.yml)

aid: dvc
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dvc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: DVC
kind: opensource
description: DVC (Data Version Control) is an Apache 2.0 open-source CLI and Python library for versioning datasets, models,
  pipelines, and ML experiments on top of Git. It is not a network service — there is no DVC REST API.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dvc.png
tags:
- ML
- MLOps
- Versioning
- CLI
- Open Source
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: dvc:dvc-cli
  name: DVC CLI and Python API
  humanURL: https://doc.dvc.org/
  baseURL: local CLI / Python library (no network endpoint)
  tags:
  - CLI
  - Python
  - Library
  description: DVC ships as a CLI plus a Python API (`dvc.api`). It tracks data and model files via pointers stored in Git
    and pushes payloads to remote storage backends (S3, Azure, GCS, SSH, HDFS, HTTP, etc.). There is no DVC server / REST
    API; data is stored on user-owned remotes.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.dvc.org/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/iterative/dvc
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/iterative/dvc/blob/main/LICENSE
  - type: SDKs
    title: Python (dvc.api)
    url: https://doc.dvc.org/api-reference
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dvc-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://dvc.org/
- type: Portal
  url: https://doc.dvc.org/
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/iterative/dvc
- type: ParentOrg
  title: Iterative.ai
  url: https://iterative.ai/
- type: VSCodeExtension
  url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Iterative.dvc
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dvc-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dvc-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/dvc-finops.yml
- url: https://dvc.org/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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