# Kindred

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kindred/  
**Website:** https://livekindred.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Kindred is a members-only home exchange platform where verified members swap their real homes with one another instead of paying for traditional accommodation. The service runs on a credit economy — members earn one night of travel credit for every night they host, and new members start with five nights of credit. Kindred verifies every member and home, provides professional cleaning before and after each stay, and includes up to $100K in damage protection. There are no membership fees; travelers pay only a cleaning and service fee per trip. The platform operates across 190+ cities in North America and Europe and is backed by a16z, Bessemer Venture Partners, GV, Index Ventures, and NEA. Kindred is a consumer travel product and does not publish a public API, developer portal, or technical documentation.

## Kin Score — 11.0 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 11.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 27.6 |
| Access Clarity | 27.6 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (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 | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Kindred Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Travel, Hospitality, Home Exchange, Home Swapping, Accommodation, Travel Community, Consumer

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