Kiota

aid: kiota
name: Kiota
x-parent: microsoft
description: 'Kiota is Microsoft''s open source (MIT) API client generator: a command line tool that turns any OpenAPI-described
  API into a strongly-typed, lightweight client in C#, Dart, Go, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby or TypeScript. It exists to remove
  the need to take a dependency on a different hand-written SDK for every API you call. Kiota generates only the source it
  needs on top of a small per-language core library, keeps external dependencies minimal, and can target a filtered subset
  of a large description. Beyond code SDKs it also emits agent-facing plugin packages — apiplugin for Microsoft 365 Copilot
  declarative agents, openai manifests, and API Manifest permission snapshots. Kiota is a consumer of API descriptions rather
  than a publisher of an API: there is no Kiota endpoint, base URL, API key or status page. Its surface is a CLI, runtime
  libraries in eight package registries, a published OpenAPI extension vocabulary, and a nine-rule description validation
  ruleset it runs before every generation.'
type: Index
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  model: open-core
  license: MIT
  license_evidence:
    repo: microsoft/kiota
    spdx: MIT
    stars: 3823
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
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  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: open-source
  onboarding: self-service
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: true
  label: Open Source (MIT)
  confidence: high
  source:
  - https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/LICENSE
  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/install
  generated: '2026-08-06'
  method: searched
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kiota.png
tags:
- Code Generation
- Microsoft
- OpenAPI
- SDK
- Developer Tools
- API Client
- Open Source
- CLI
- JSON Schema
- SDK Generation
tags_raw:
- Code Generation
- Microsoft
- OpenAPI
- SDKs
- Developer Tools
- API Clients
- Open Source
- CLI
- JSON Schema
- Open-Source
- JSON-Schema
- SDK Generation
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kiota/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-08-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: kiota:kiota
  name: Kiota
  description: Kiota generates strongly-typed, lightweight API clients from OpenAPI descriptions in C#, Dart, Go, Java, PHP,
    Python, Ruby and TypeScript, with minimal dependencies and idiomatic code patterns, plus agent-facing plugin packages.
    It is delivered as a CLI, a container image, a VS Code extension and a set of per-language runtime libraries — not as
    a hosted service.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/
  tags:
  - Code Generation
  - OpenAPI
  - SDK
  - CLI
  tags_raw:
  - Code Generation
  - OpenAPI
  - SDKs
  - CLI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/using
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/quickstarts/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota
  - type: CLI
    url: cli/kiota-cli.yml
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: changelog/kiota-changelog.yml
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- type: VendorFacets
  url: vendor-facets/kiota-vendor-facets.yml
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: Website
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/
- type: Portal
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/overview
- type: APIReference
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/using
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/quickstarts/
- type: Support
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues
- type: Community
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/discussions
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota
- type: Blog
  url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/termsofuse
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: CLI
  url: cli/kiota-cli.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/kiota-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/kiota-packages.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/kiota-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/kiota-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/support
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kiota-authentication.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/kiota-vocabulary.yml
- type: Rules
  url: rules/kiota-validation-rules.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/kiota-conformance.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/kiota-workspace-schema.json
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/kiota-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/kiota-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/kiota-security.txt
- type: Security
  url: security/kiota-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/kiota-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kiota-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-06'
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