DVC

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.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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: 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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com