KubeVela

KubeVela is a CNCF incubating application delivery and management platform that makes deploying and operating applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments easier. Built on the Open Application Model (OAM), it provides a higher-level abstraction for defining applications with components, traits, and policies. KubeVela supports workflow-based delivery pipelines and multi-cluster deployment.

KubeVela publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Application Delivery, Cloud-Native, Incubating, Kubernetes, and Multi-Cloud.

KubeVela’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 2 more developer resources.

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13.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

Application Delivery Cloud-Native Incubating Kubernetes Multi-Cloud OAM

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 13.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.7 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 1

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Rate Limits 1

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Kubevela Rate Limits

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Documentation 1

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Documentation

Documentation

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GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

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Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: kubevela
name: KubeVela
description: KubeVela is a CNCF incubating application delivery and management platform that makes deploying and operating
  applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments easier. Built on the Open Application Model (OAM), it provides a
  higher-level abstraction for defining applications with components, traits, and policies. KubeVela supports workflow-based
  delivery pipelines and multi-cluster deployment.
url: https://kubevela.io
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/kubevela.png
tags:
- Application Delivery
- Cloud-Native
- Incubating
- Kubernetes
- Multi-Cloud
- OAM
tags_raw:
- Application Delivery
- Cloud Native
- Incubating
- Kubernetes
- Multi-Cloud
- OAM
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
apis:
- aid: kubevela:kubevela-api
  name: KubeVela Application API
  description: KubeVela uses Kubernetes CRDs to define applications using the Open Application Model. The Application resource
    combines components (workload definitions), traits (operational capabilities like scaling and rollout), and policies (deployment
    strategies). VelaQL provides a query interface for application status across clusters.
  humanURL: https://kubevela.io/docs/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://kubevela.io/docs/
  tags:
  - Application Model
  - Delivery
  - OAM
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kubevela-domain-security.yml
- type: Documentation
  name: KubeVela Documentation
  description: Official KubeVela documentation.
  url: https://kubevela.io/docs/
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: KubeVela GitHub
  description: Source code repository.
  url: https://github.com/kubevela/kubevela
- url: https://kubevela.io/blog/rss.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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