# DVC

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/dvc/  
**Website:** https://dvc.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 14.6 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 14.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (1)

- **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, ...

## Security (1)

- **Dvc Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Dvc Plans Pricing**

## Tags

ML, MLOps, Versioning, CLI, Open-Source

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/dvc/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.