Kickstarter

Kickstarter is a public-benefit crowdfunding platform where creators launch funding campaigns for creative projects — film, music, art, design, games, technology, publishing, and more — and backers pledge money to help bring them to life on an all-or-nothing funding model. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, it has channeled billions of dollars in pledges to hundreds of thousands of successfully funded projects. Kickstarter does not currently operate a public developer API program or developer portal; its GraphQL and REST endpoints power its own web and mobile clients and are not documented for third-party integration. The company does maintain an active open-source GitHub organization (including its iOS and Android app source), a help center, and a company blog. This API Evangelist profile tracks Kickstarter's public developer, security, and platform surface for discovery and enrichment.

Kickstarter is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Crowdfunding, Fundraising, and Creators.

Kickstarter’s developer surface includes engineering blog, signup flow, and 7 more developer resources.

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17.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyConsumerCrowdfundingFundraisingCreatorsPaymentsMarketplacePublic Benefit Corporation

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Composite quality — 17.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

HelpCenter

HelpCenter

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: kickstarter
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/kickstarter.png
name: Kickstarter
description: Kickstarter is a public-benefit crowdfunding platform where creators launch funding campaigns for creative projects
  — film, music, art, design, games, technology, publishing, and more — and backers pledge money to help bring them to life
  on an all-or-nothing funding model. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, it has channeled billions of
  dollars in pledges to hundreds of thousands of successfully funded projects. Kickstarter does not currently operate a public
  developer API program or developer portal; its GraphQL and REST endpoints power its own web and mobile clients and are not
  documented for third-party integration. The company does maintain an active open-source GitHub organization (including its
  iOS and Android app source), a help center, and a company blog. This API Evangelist profile tracks Kickstarter's public
  developer, security, and platform surface for discovery and enrichment.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kickstarter/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- thrive-capital
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Crowdfunding
- Fundraising
- Creators
- Payments
- Marketplace
- Public Benefit Corporation
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kickstarter.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.kickstarter.com/blog
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://help.kickstarter.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.kickstarter.com/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.kickstarter.com/privacy
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.kickstarter.com/signup
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/kickstarter
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kickstarter-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/kickstarter-well-known.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence