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Kiota

Kiota is an open source API client generator from Microsoft that produces strongly-typed, lightweight clients from OpenAPI descriptions. It supports C#, Go, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, Swift, and TypeScript, with a focus on minimal dependencies and idiomatic code patterns.

Kiota publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Code Generation, Microsoft, OpenAPI, and SDKs.

Kiota’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 4 more developer resources.

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19.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Code GenerationMicrosoftOpenAPISDKs

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 19.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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 7 / 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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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Kiota

Kiota generates strongly-typed, lightweight API clients from OpenAPI descriptions in multiple languages with minimal dependencies and idiomatic code patterns.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Kiota Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kiota Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Kiota Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Kiota Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Kiota Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kiota
name: Kiota
description: Kiota is an open source API client generator from Microsoft that produces strongly-typed, lightweight clients
  from OpenAPI descriptions. It supports C#, Go, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, Swift, and TypeScript, with a focus on minimal dependencies
  and idiomatic code patterns.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kiota.png
tags:
- Code Generation
- Microsoft
- OpenAPI
- SDKs
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kiota/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kiota:kiota
  name: Kiota
  description: Kiota generates strongly-typed, lightweight API clients from OpenAPI descriptions in multiple languages with
    minimal dependencies and idiomatic code patterns.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/
  tags:
  - Code Generation
  - OpenAPI
  - SDKs
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/overview
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/quickstarts/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/kiota-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kiota-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/overview
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota
- type: Blog
  url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com