# LF Broadband

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/lf-broadband/  
**Website:** https://lfbroadband.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

LF Broadband is a Linux Foundation Directed Fund established in late 2023 that supports open source broadband networking projects, including reference designs and virtualization tools for broadband access networks. Its flagship projects, SEBA and VOLTHA, virtualize multi-vendor Passive Optical Network (PON) systems and are deployed by major operators such as Deutsche Telekom and Turk Telekom.

## Kin Score — 10.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 10.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Telecommunications**: 8.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (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 | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **VOLTHA** — VOLTHA (Virtual Optical Line Termination Hardware Abstraction) is an open source platform that virtualizes multi-vendor Passive Optical Network (PON) hardware, exposing a vendor...
- **SEBA** — SEBA (SDN-Enabled Broadband Access) is a reference design for constructing open broadband networks, providing a thin platform for access-network workloads and integrating VOLTHA...

## Security (1)

- **Lf Broadband Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Lf Broadband Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Broadband, Linux Foundation, Networking, Telecom, PON, Open-Source, SDN

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