# Encore

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/encore/  
**Website:** https://encore.dev/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Encore is an open source development platform for building type-safe, production-ready backend applications and distributed systems. It supports Go and TypeScript, provides built-in infrastructure automation for databases, caches, pub/sub, and cron jobs, and includes a local development dashboard with automatic API documentation, distributed tracing, and OpenAPI client generation.

## Kin Score — 24.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 24.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 8.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 7.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| 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

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **Encore Application Configuration** — The encore.app configuration file is the canonical declaration of an Encore application, including its platform application ID, primary language, global CORS rules, and authenti...
- **Encore CLI** — The Encore CLI provides commands for creating, running, building, testing, deploying, and operating Encore applications. It also generates type-safe API clients in Go, TypeScrip...

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Security (2)

- **Encore Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Encore Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Encore Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Backend, Cloud-Native, Frameworks, Go, Infrastructure Automation, Microservices, Open-Source, TypeScript

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