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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 12 more developer resources.

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18.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
1 APIs
MLMLOpsVersioningCLIOpen-Source

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 18.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20
Access Clarity 2.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
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
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.
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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.

Dvc Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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

Dvc Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide
ContributionGuide

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct
CodeOfConduct
 SourceCode
SourceCode
 VSCodeExtension
VSCodeExtension

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker
IssueTracker
 Releases
Releases
 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)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - pricing
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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
tags_raw:
- ML
- MLOps
- Versioning
- CLI
- Open Source
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/iterative/dvc/releases
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/treeverse/dvc/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/treeverse/dvc/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- 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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