Hobnob

Hobnob is a consumer event and community-organizing platform (hobnob.app) for iOS, Android, and web. It lets people create custom video and photo invitations, deliver them by text message, track RSVPs, sell tickets, run sign-up lists, time polls, and announcements, and coordinate private group "Spaces" for chat and content sharing. Built on a Hawaii-inspired philosophy of real-world connection over engagement-maximizing social media, Hobnob reports 20 million invitations sent, roughly 35,000 events per month, 650,000 Spaces created, and 90,000+ five-star reviews. It is a Norwest Venture Partners portfolio company. No public developer API, SDK, or documentation surface was found during enrichment.

Hobnob is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Event, Invitations, RSVP, and Ticketing.

Hobnob’s developer surface includes engineering blog, signup flow, and 4 more developer resources.

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12.3/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

0 APIs

Company Event Invitations RSVP Ticketing Community Social Consumer Mobile App

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 12.3/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.5 / 20

Access Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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 0 / 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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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: hobnob
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hobnob.png
name: Hobnob
description: Hobnob is a consumer event and community-organizing platform (hobnob.app) for iOS, Android, and web. It lets
  people create custom video and photo invitations, deliver them by text message, track RSVPs, sell tickets, run sign-up lists,
  time polls, and announcements, and coordinate private group "Spaces" for chat and content sharing. Built on a Hawaii-inspired
  philosophy of real-world connection over engagement-maximizing social media, Hobnob reports 20 million invitations sent,
  roughly 35,000 events per month, 650,000 Spaces created, and 90,000+ five-star reviews. It is a Norwest Venture Partners
  portfolio company. No public developer API, SDK, or documentation surface was found during enrichment.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hobnob/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- norwest-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: consumer-app-no-public-api
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Event
- Invitations
- RSVP
- Ticketing
- Community
- Social
- Consumer
- Mobile App
tags_raw:
- Company
- Events
- Invitations
- RSVP
- Ticketing
- Community
- Social
- Consumer
- Mobile App
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hobnob-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://hobnob.app
- type: Blog
  url: https://hobnob.app/blogs/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://hobnob.app/privacy/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://hobnob.app/terms/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://hobnob.app/sign-up
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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