Encore

aid: encore-dev
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/encore-dev/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: encore-dev:encore-infrastructure-api
  name: Encore Infrastructure API
  tags:
  - Backend
  - Infrastructure
  - Databases
  - PubSub
  - Caching
  - ObjectStorage
  - Cron
  - Secrets
  humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives
  properties:
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/databases
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/pubsub
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/cron-jobs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/object-storage
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/secrets
    type: Documentation
  - url: json-schema/encore-infrastructure-resource-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  description: Encore's Infrastructure from Code API lets developers declare cloud infrastructure resources — PostgreSQL databases,
    Pub/Sub topics and subscriptions, object storage buckets, cron jobs, caches, and secrets — as typed code primitives inside
    their backend. Encore parses these declarations to provision matching infrastructure locally (Docker-free) for development
    and on AWS or GCP in production via Encore Cloud, without Terraform, YAML, or manual wiring.
- aid: encore-dev:encore-observability-api
  name: Encore Observability API
  tags:
  - Observability
  - Tracing
  - Metrics
  - Logs
  - DevDashboard
  humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/tracing
  properties:
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/tracing
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/dev-dash
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/flow
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/service-catalog
    type: Documentation
  - url: json-schema/encore-trace-event-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  description: Encore captures distributed traces, structured logs, and runtime metrics automatically from every api(), database
    query, Pub/Sub publish, cron tick, and outbound HTTP call. The local Development Dashboard surfaces traces, the service
    catalog, an auto-generated architecture flow diagram, the database explorer, and the API explorer. In production, traces
    and metrics ship to Encore Cloud (20M events/month included on Pro) or forward to Datadog, Grafana, Sentry, and other
    third-party backends.
- aid: encore-dev:encore-mcp-server
  name: Encore MCP Server
  tags:
  - AI
  - MCP
  - ModelContextProtocol
  - AgenticAI
  - DeveloperTools
  humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/mcp
  properties:
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/mcp
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
    type: Documentation
  description: Encore ships a built-in Model Context Protocol server (`encore mcp start` for SSE, `encore mcp run` for stdio)
    that exposes the live Encore application — services, middleware, auth handlers, databases, Pub/Sub topics, cron jobs,
    buckets, traces, metrics, source files, and documentation — to AI agents like Cursor and Claude Code. This lets agents
    reason about and modify a running backend with full context, including verifying that a newly added publish call shows
    up in traces.
- aid: encore-dev:encore-dev-apps-api
  name: Encore Apps API
  description: The Apps API from Encore — 5 operation(s) for apps.
  humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/defining-apis
  tags:
  - Apps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/encore-dev-apps-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/defining-apis
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/go/primitives/defining-apis
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/encore-api-endpoint-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/encore-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/encore-dev-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/platform
  - type: Portal
    url: https://encore.cloud
- aid: encore-dev:encore-dev-encore-api
  name: Encore Encore API
  description: The Encore API from Encore — 2 operation(s) for encore.
  humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/defining-apis
  tags:
  - Encore
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/encore-dev-encore-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/defining-apis
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/go/primitives/defining-apis
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/encore-api-endpoint-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/encore-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/encore-dev-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/platform
  - type: Portal
    url: https://encore.cloud
- aid: encore-dev:encore-dev-encore-framework-api-api
  name: Encore Encore Framework API API
  description: The Encore Framework API API from Encore — 1 operation(s) for encore framework api.
  humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/defining-apis
  tags:
  - Encore Framework API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/encore-dev-encore-framework-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/defining-apis
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/go/primitives/defining-apis
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/encore-api-endpoint-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/encore-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/encore-dev-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://encore.dev/docs/platform
  - type: Portal
    url: https://encore.cloud
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/encore/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/encore-dev-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/encore-dev-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/encore-dev-domain-security.yml
- url: https://github.com/encoredev
  name: GitHub Organization
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/encoredev/encore
  name: Encore Framework Repository
  type: SourceCode
- url: https://github.com/encoredev/examples
  name: Encore Examples Repository
  type: SourceCode
- url: https://github.com/encoredev/encore.dev
  name: Encore Runtime API Contract
  type: SourceCode
- url: https://encore.dev/docs
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts
  name: Encore.ts Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/go
  name: Encore.go Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/quick-start
  name: TypeScript Quick Start
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/go/quick-start
  name: Go Quick Start
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://encore.cloud
  name: Encore Cloud Portal
  type: Portal
- url: https://encore.cloud/pricing
  name: Encore Cloud Pricing
  type: Pricing
- url: https://encore.dev/blog
  name: Encore Engineering Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://encore.dev/changelog
  name: Changelog
  type: ChangeLog
- url: https://status.encore.cloud
  name: Encore Cloud Status
  type: StatusPage
- url: https://encore.dev/discord
  name: Encore Discord Community
  type: Community
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/mcp
  name: MCP Server
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/ai-integration
  name: AI Integration Guide
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/tracing
  name: Distributed Tracing
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/dev-dash
  name: Local Development Dashboard
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/databases
  name: Databases (PostgreSQL)
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/pubsub
  name: Pub/Sub
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/cron-jobs
  name: Cron Jobs
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/object-storage
  name: Object Storage
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/secrets
  name: Secrets
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/auth
  name: Authentication
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/middleware
  name: Middleware
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/streaming-apis
  name: Streaming APIs (WebSockets)
  type: Documentation
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/cli-reference
  name: Encore CLI Reference
  type: SDKs
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/client-generation
  name: Generated Client SDKs (TypeScript, Go, JavaScript)
  type: SDKs
- url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/api-docs
  name: Auto-Generated API Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/encoredev/homebrew-tap
  name: Homebrew Tap
  type: SDKs
- url: https://encore.dev/use-cases
  name: Use Cases
  type: Documentation
- url: plans/encore-dev-plans-pricing.yml
  type: Plans
- url: rate-limits/encore-dev-rate-limits.yml
  type: RateLimits
- url: finops/encore-dev-finops.yml
  type: FinOps
- url: vocabulary/encore-dev-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
- url: rules/encore-dev-rules.yml
  type: SpectralRules
- type: Features
  data:
  - Encore.ts — TypeScript backend framework with zero npm dependencies, claimed 9x faster than Express.js and 3x faster than
    ElysiaJS and Hono via a Rust runtime
  - Encore.go — Go backend framework with type-safe APIs declared via //encore:api annotations
  - Infrastructure from Code (IfC) — declare PostgreSQL, Pub/Sub, object storage, caches, cron jobs, and secrets as typed
    code primitives
  - Automatic local development environment with Docker-free database, Pub/Sub, and bucket provisioning
  - Local Development Dashboard with distributed tracing, API explorer, service catalog, database explorer, and architecture
    flow diagrams
  - Type-safe service-to-service calls with automatic service discovery and network plumbing
  - Auto-generated client SDKs in TypeScript, Go, and JavaScript from the backend source
  - Auto-generated API documentation and service catalog kept in sync with source
  - Raw endpoints (api.raw) for webhooks and low-level HTTP, plus streaming endpoints for WebSockets
  - Built-in authentication primitives and pluggable auth handlers (Clerk, Auth0, Firebase, Ory)
  - Built-in middleware, request validation, and response shaping derived from TypeScript interfaces / Go structs
  - Encore MCP Server exposing services, traces, metrics, source, and docs to AI agents
  - '`encore run`, `encore build docker`, and `git push encore` for local, container, and managed deployments'
  - Write-once / deploy-anywhere — same code runs locally, on AWS, on GCP, or self-hosted via Docker export
  - Encore Cloud preview environments per pull request, automatic infra provisioning, and CI/CD
  - Multi-cloud production deployments on AWS (RDS, SQS, SNS, S3) and GCP (Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, GCS)
  - Distributed tracing with 1M events/month free, 20M/month on Pro, forwarding to Datadog, Grafana, and Sentry
  - SOC 2 compliance assistance and custom RBAC on Enterprise
  - Open-source MPL-2.0 framework with ~12,000 GitHub stars and active v1.57.x release cadence
  - Python support on the roadmap
  sources:
  - https://encore.dev
  - https://encore.dev/docs/ts
  - https://encore.dev/docs/go
  - https://encore.cloud/pricing
  - https://github.com/encoredev/encore
  - https://encore.dev/blog
  updated: '2026-05-24'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
created: '2026-05-24T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-05-24'
name: Encore
position: Producing
description: Encore is a backend application framework and developer cloud that lets engineering teams build type-safe distributed
  systems in TypeScript (Encore.ts) and Go (Encore.go) using declarative Infrastructure from Code. Developers describe APIs,
  databases, Pub/Sub, object storage, caches, cron jobs, and secrets as typed code primitives; the framework provisions matching
  infrastructure locally with no Docker Compose, and Encore Cloud provisions equivalent managed resources in the customer's
  own AWS or GCP account. The platform ships built-in distributed tracing, a local development dashboard, auto-generated API
  docs and client SDKs, a Model Context Protocol server for AI agents, preview environments per pull request, and CI/CD —
  positioning Encore as an opinionated alternative to PaaS and a productivity layer on top of hyperscaler infrastructure.
image: https://encore.dev/assets/branding/icon.svg
humanURL: https://encore.dev
baseURL: https://encore.dev
tags:
- Backend
- Framework
- Cloud
- TypeScript
- Go
- DeveloperTools
- InfrastructureFromCode
- Microservices
- Observability
- Multicloud
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
  X: apievangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.16'