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 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Apps API, Framework API, and 4 more. 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 37 more developer resources.
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Idempotency+9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
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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 ...
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, a...
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
aid: encore-dev
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apis:
- aid: encore-dev:encore-infrastructure-api
name: Encore Infrastructure API
tags:
- Backend
- Infrastructure
- Database
- Pub/Sub
- Caching
- Object Storage
- Cron
- Secrets
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- Backend
- Infrastructure
- Databases
- PubSub
- Caching
- ObjectStorage
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humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives
properties:
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type: Documentation
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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.
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name: Encore Observability API
tags:
- Observability
- Tracing
- Metrics
- Logs
- DevDashboard
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properties:
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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:
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- MCP
- AI Agents
- Developer Tools
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- MCP
- ModelContextProtocol
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- DeveloperTools
- Agentic AI
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- url: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
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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
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- type: Documentation
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- 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 API
description: The Encore API from Encore — 2 operation(s) for encore.
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tags:
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- type: Documentation
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- type: JSONSchema
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- type: JSONSchema
url: json-schema/encore-service-schema.json
- type: JSONLD
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Portal
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- aid: encore-dev:encore-dev-encore-framework-api-api
name: Encore Framework 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
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- type: JSONLD
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- type: Documentation
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- type: PostmanWorkspace
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- type: AgenticAccess
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- 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
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- 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
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name: TypeScript Quick Start
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- url: https://encore.dev/docs/go/quick-start
name: Go Quick Start
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- url: https://encore.cloud
name: Encore Cloud Portal
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- 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
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- 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
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name: Generated Client SDKs (TypeScript, Go, JavaScript)
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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
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- 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
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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
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- 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'
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repo: encoredev/encore
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generated: '2026-09-25'
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generated: '2026-11-06'
method: derived
created: '2026-05-24T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-09-16'
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'
Encore API — frequently asked questions
Does Encore have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Encore, including Encore Infrastructure API, Encore Observability API and Encore MCP Server, and 3 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Encore API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for Encore, each linked for download from this page.
How much does the Encore API cost?
Encore publishes its prices; its Pro plan is $49 per member/ month as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Encore, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Encore have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Encore: Remote MCP server at api.encore.dev over HTTP.
Is the Encore API ready for AI agents?
Encore has a Kin Score of 51.9 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 47.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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