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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.
Encore publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Apps API, Encore API, and Encore Framework API API. Tagged areas include Backend, Framework, Cloud, TypeScript, and Go.
The Encore catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Encore’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, developer portal, pricing, engineering blog, changelog, and 36 more developer resources.
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APIs 6
Postman 3
Open Collections 6
Pricing Plans 1
Rate Limits 1
FinOps 1
Features 20
Vocabularies 1
Spectral Rules 2
JSON Schema 4
Security Posture 2
Agentic Access 1
Resources 42
apis.yml
68 Operational Transparency
0 Create-or-Update Ergonomics
Composite quality — 54.0/100 · developing
Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
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
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JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 17
Reference material describing how the API behaves
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Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 2
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 8
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Source (apis.yml)
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
- Pub-Sub
- Caching
- Object Storage
- Cron
- Secrets
tags_raw:
- 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:
- Artificial Intelligence
- MCP
- Agentic AI
- Developer Tools
tags_raw:
- 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:
- Application
tags_raw:
- 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: Website
url: https://www.encore.dev/
- 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'
deliveryModel:
model: unknown
open_source: unknown
commercial: true
callable_host: true
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- openapi
- pricing
- repository-unlicensed
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
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
- Developer Tools
- Infrastructure from Code
- Microservices
- Observability
- Multi-Cloud
tags_raw:
- 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: '0.23'
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