# Kaniko

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kaniko/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Kaniko is an open-source tool from Google that builds container images from a Dockerfile inside a container or Kubernetes cluster without requiring a Docker daemon. It executes each command within a Dockerfile in userspace, enabling secure container builds in environments where running a Docker daemon is impractical or insecure. The project was archived on June 3, 2025, and is now read-only.

## Kin Score — 16.8 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-24 under rubric 0.13.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 16.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| 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 |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

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

## APIs (1)

- **Kaniko CLI** — Kaniko is a command-line tool distributed as the container image gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor that builds container images from a Dockerfile. It supports multiple build contex...

## Plans (1)

- **Kaniko Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Archived, Build Tools, CLI, Container Images, Containers, Daemonless, Google, Kubernetes, Open-Source

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