Green Software Foundation

aid: green-software-foundation
name: Green Software Foundation
description: The Green Software Foundation is a Linux Foundation project founded by Accenture, GitHub, Microsoft, and ThoughtWorks
  to build standards, tools, and best practices for reducing the carbon emissions of software. It developed the Software Carbon
  Intensity specification and provides patterns for building green software.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Carbon
- Linux Foundation
- Software
- Sustainability
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/green-software-foundation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: green-software-foundation:green-software-foundation-api
  name: Green Software Foundation API
  description: API for accessing Green Software Foundation resources, standards, and tools for measuring and reducing the
    carbon emissions of software applications.
  humanURL: https://greensoftware.foundation/articles
  tags:
  - Carbon
  - Sustainability
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://greensoftware.foundation/articles
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-software-foundation
- type: Documentation
  name: Green Software Foundation Documentation
  description: Official documentation for Green Software Foundation.
  url: https://greensoftware.foundation/articles
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: Green Software Foundation GitHub
  description: Source code and repositories for Green Software Foundation.
  url: https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com