# Golioth **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/golioth/ **Website:** https://golioth.io/ **APIs profiled:** 45 Golioth is an IoT device management cloud and firmware SDK for connected hardware. The platform pairs an open-source Firmware SDK (Zephyr RTOS, nRF Connect SDK, ESP-IDF, ModusToolbox, Linux) with a REST Management API at api.golioth.io, a web console, and services for OTA firmware updates, device settings, remote procedure calls (RPC), structured time-series data (LightDB Stream), key/value device state (LightDB State), logs, location, and a Pipelines data-routing engine that forwards device data to downstream cloud services. Authentication to the Management API is via project-scoped API keys passed in the x-api-key header. ## Kin Score — 42.8 / 100 (developing) Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+1.8 from 41.0). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 68.5 | | Contract Quality | 62.9 | | Governance | 9.8 | | Contract Governance | 9.8 | | Operational Transparency | 42.1 | | Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 | | Commercial Clarity | 39.5 | | Access Clarity | 39.5 | ## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | Reversibility Documented | no | | MCP Server | no | | Auth Clarity | yes | | 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 Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high). ## APIs (45) - **Golioth LightDB State** — Per-device key/value state store. Devices and cloud services read and write structured state (JSON/CBOR) that is synchronized between device and cloud over CoAP. - **Golioth LightDB Stream** — Time-series ingest endpoint for streaming sensor and telemetry data from devices. Stored data can be queried and routed downstream via Pipelines. - **Golioth Remote Procedure Call (RPC)** — Bidirectional remote-procedure-call service. The cloud invokes device-side methods registered by firmware and receives the response, enabling on-demand diagnostics and control. - **Golioth OTA Firmware Updates** — Over-the-air firmware update service. Upload artifacts, group them into releases, target devices by tag or blueprint, and roll out updates with progress tracking and rollback. - **Golioth Device Settings** — Cloud-managed settings pushed to one device, a group, or an entire fleet. Firmware subscribes to settings keys and receives updates without requiring a firmware release. - **Golioth Logging** — Centralized device logging. Firmware emits structured log lines that are collected, indexed, and made queryable via the console and API. - **Golioth Pipelines** — Data routing and transformation engine. Pipelines describe how data arriving from devices is filtered, transformed, and forwarded to downstream destinations such as AWS S3, GCP ... - **Golioth Location** — Location service that resolves device position from cellular tower and Wi-Fi access-point observations submitted by firmware, returning latitude/longitude back to the device or ... - **Golioth Firmware SDK** — Open-source firmware SDK that connects embedded devices to the Golioth cloud over CoAP. Supports Zephyr RTOS, nRF Connect SDK, ESP-IDF, and ModusToolbox. Implements client APIs ... - **Golioth Python Tools** — Python tooling that wraps the Management API for scripting, automation, and CLI-driven workflows against Golioth projects. - **Golioth tinymcp** — Open-source implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for resource-constrained embedded devices, enabling large language models to observe and control firmware via MCP ... - **Golioth Pouch** — Non-IP device-to-cloud transport protocol from Golioth, with a companion Bluetooth gateway reference implementation (pouch-gateway) for relaying pouch traffic to the Golioth cloud. - **Golioth Access API** — The Access API from Golioth — 6 operation(s) for access. - **Golioth API Keys API** — The API Keys API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for api keys. - **Golioth Artifacts API** — The Artifacts API from Golioth — 3 operation(s) for artifacts. - **Golioth Billing API** — The Billing API from Golioth — 1 operation(s) for billing. - **Golioth Blueprints API** — The Blueprints API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for blueprints. - **Golioth Boards API** — The Boards API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for boards. - **Golioth Certificates API** — The Certificates API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for certificates. - **Golioth Cohorts API** — The Cohorts API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for cohorts. - **Golioth Credentials API** — The Credentials API from Golioth — 4 operation(s) for credentials. - **Golioth Deployments API** — The Deployments API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for deployments. - **Golioth Devices API** — The Devices API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for devices. - **Golioth Firmware API** — The Firmware API from Golioth — 1 operation(s) for firmware. - **Golioth Integrations API** — The Integrations API from Golioth — 5 operation(s) for integrations. - **Golioth LightDB API** — The LightDB API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for lightdb. - **Golioth LightDB Stream API** — The LightDB Stream API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for lightdb stream. - **Golioth Location API** — The Location API from Golioth — 1 operation(s) for location. - **Golioth Logs API** — The Logs API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for logs. - **Golioth Networks API** — The Networks API from Golioth — 4 operation(s) for networks. - **Golioth Notifications API** — The Notifications API from Golioth — 1 operation(s) for notifications. - **Golioth Organizations API** — The Organizations API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for organizations. - **Golioth OTAEvents API** — The OTAEvents API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for otaevents. - **Golioth Packages API** — The Packages API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for packages. - **Golioth Pipelines API** — The Pipelines API from Golioth — 5 operation(s) for pipelines. - **Golioth PKI API** — The PKI API from Golioth — 5 operation(s) for pki. - **Golioth Project Config API** — The Project Config API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for project config. - **Golioth Projects API** — The Projects API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for projects. - **Golioth Provisioning API** — The Provisioning API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for provisioning. - **Golioth Releases API** — The Releases API from Golioth — 2 operation(s) for releases. - …and 5 more, listed in full on the page. ## Agentic access (1) - **Golioth Agentic Access** — 153 operations · 83 acting ## Security (2) - **Golioth Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes - **Golioth Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC ## Plans (1) - **Golioth Plans Pricing** ## Tags IoT, Device Management, Firmware, Zephyr, OTA, Embedded, Connectivity --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/golioth/). 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