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Flipboard

Flipboard is a content curation and social magazine platform that aggregates articles, videos, and social media posts into personalized, magazine-style feeds. Founded in 2010, Flipboard allows users to curate content into magazines around topics of interest and follow curators and publishers. Flipboard has embraced open web standards, implementing ActivityPub to federate with the Fediverse and supporting RSS for publisher content distribution.

Flipboard publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include ActivityPub, Content Curation, Digital Publishing, Fediverse, and News.

Flipboard’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, support, and 14 more developer resources.

28.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
ActivityPubContent CurationDigital PublishingFediverseNewsRSSSocial Media

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 28.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Flipboard RSS Feeds

Flipboard supports RSS feeds as the primary integration mechanism for publishers and content creators. Publishers can submit RSS feeds to be featured as Flipboard Magazines, ena...

Flipboard ActivityPub

Flipboard has implemented the ActivityPub protocol, making its content available to the broader Fediverse. Starting in 2023, Flipboard began federating its magazines and curator...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Flipboard Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Flipboard Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: flipboard
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/flipboard/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: flipboard:rss-feeds
  name: Flipboard RSS Feeds
  description: Flipboard supports RSS feeds as the primary integration mechanism for publishers and content creators. Publishers
    can submit RSS feeds to be featured as Flipboard Magazines, enabling content distribution to Flipboard's audience. Feeds
    must meet Flipboard's RSS guidelines, including full article body content, images of at least 400px wide, at least 30
    items, and updates pushed via PubSubHubbub.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://about.flipboard.com/rss-guidelines/
  baseURL: https://flipboard.com
  tags:
  - Content Syndication
  - News
  - Publishers
  - RSS
  properties:
  - url: https://about.flipboard.com/rss-guidelines/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://about.flipboard.com/forpublishers/
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://feedvalidator.flipboard.com/
    type: Validator
  - url: https://flipboard.helpshift.com/hc/en/1-flipboard/faq/1024-submit-a-publisher-application/
    type: GettingStarted
- aid: flipboard:activitypub
  name: Flipboard ActivityPub
  description: Flipboard has implemented the ActivityPub protocol, making its content available to the broader Fediverse.
    Starting in 2023, Flipboard began federating its magazines and curators via ActivityPub, allowing users on Mastodon, Threads,
    Pixelfed, and other ActivityPub-compatible platforms to follow and interact with Flipboard content. Flipboard's full architecture
    is built around ActivityPub.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboard-begins-to-federate/
  baseURL: https://flipboard.com
  tags:
  - ActivityPub
  - Decentralized
  - Fediverse
  - Mastodon
  - Open Social Web
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/Flipboard/activitypub
    type: GitHubRepository
  - url: https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboard-begins-to-federate/
    type: Announcement
  - url: https://about.flipboard.com/business/publisher-federation-flipboard/
    type: Guide
name: Flipboard
tags:
- ActivityPub
- Content Curation
- Digital Publishing
- Fediverse
- News
- RSS
- Social Media
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/flipboard.png
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/flipboard-domain-security.yml
- url: https://flipboard.com/
  name: Flipboard Website
  type: Website
- url: https://about.flipboard.com/
  name: About Flipboard
  type: About
- url: https://about.flipboard.com/forpublishers/
  name: For Publishers
  type: Portal
- url: https://about.flipboard.com/rss-guidelines/
  name: RSS Guidelines
  type: Documentation
- url: https://feedvalidator.flipboard.com/
  name: Feed Validator
  type: Validator
- url: https://engineering.flipboard.com/
  name: Flipboard Engineering Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://github.com/Flipboard
  name: Flipboard on GitHub
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/Flipboard/activitypub
  name: ActivityPub Implementation
  type: GitHubRepository
- url: https://flipboard.helpshift.com/hc/en/
  name: Help Center
  type: Support
- url: https://flipboard.helpshift.com/hc/en/1-flipboard/contact-us/
  name: Contact Us
  type: Contact
- url: https://about.flipboard.com/terms-of-service/
  name: Terms of Service
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://about.flipboard.com/privacy-policy/
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://about.flipboard.com/cookie-policy/
  name: Cookie Policy
  type: CookiePolicy
- url: https://about.flipboard.com/community-guidelines/
  name: Community Guidelines
  type: CommunityGuidelines
- url: https://x.com/flipboard
  name: X (Twitter)
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipboard
  name: LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://www.facebook.com/flipboard
  name: Facebook
  type: Facebook
description: Flipboard is a content curation and social magazine platform that aggregates articles, videos, and social media
  posts into personalized, magazine-style feeds. Founded in 2010, Flipboard allows users to curate content into magazines
  around topics of interest and follow curators and publishers. Flipboard has embraced open web standards, implementing ActivityPub
  to federate with the Fediverse and supporting RSS for publisher content distribution.
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'