LF Edge website screenshot

LF Edge

LF Edge is an umbrella organization under the Linux Foundation establishing an open, interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system. It hosts projects like Akraino, EdgeX Foundry, and Open Horizon.

LF Edge publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Edge Computing, IoT, Linux Foundation, and Open-Source.

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

📡 Source on GitHub
12.3/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Edge ComputingIoTLinux FoundationOpen-Source

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 12.3/100 · 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 5.0 / 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
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/lf-edge: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

APIs 1

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

LF Edge API

Programmatic access to LF Edge project resources, APIs, and edge computing framework tools.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Lf Edge Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Lf Edge Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Lf Edge Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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

Lf Edge Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Projects
Projects

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: lf-edge
name: LF Edge
description: LF Edge is an umbrella organization under the Linux Foundation establishing an open, interoperable framework
  for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system. It hosts projects like Akraino, EdgeX Foundry,
  and Open Horizon.
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
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lf-edge.png
tags:
- Edge Computing
- IoT
- Linux Foundation
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- Edge Computing
- IoT
- Linux Foundation
- Open Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lf-edge/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: lf-edge:lf-edge-api
  name: LF Edge API
  description: Programmatic access to LF Edge project resources, APIs, and edge computing framework tools.
  humanURL: https://lfedge.org/projects/
  tags:
  - Edge Computing
  - IoT
  - Linux Foundation
  - Open-Source
  tags_raw:
  - Edge Computing
  - IoT
  - Linux Foundation
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://lfedge.org/projects/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lf-edge-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lf-edge
- type: Documentation
  name: LF Edge Documentation
  description: Official documentation for LF Edge.
  url: https://lfedge.org/projects/
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: LF Edge GitHub
  description: Source code and repositories for LF Edge.
  url: https://github.com/lf-edge
- type: Projects
  name: LF Edge Projects
  description: Portfolio of edge computing projects including Akraino, EdgeX Foundry, EVE, Fledge, EdgeLake, FIDO Device Onboard,
    Open Horizon, State of the Edge, eKuiper, InfiniEdge AI, InstantX, NanoMQ, Nexoedge, and Ocre.
  url: https://lfedge.org/projects/
- url: https://lfedge.org/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com

Work with this as data

Every provider here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for providers

9 MCP tools reach this
  • find_providersBrowse and filter every provider in the catalog.
  • get_provider_artifactsEvery artifact this provider publishes, grouped by type.
  • get_provider_operationsEvery operation across all of their OpenAPIs — one call instead of parsing every spec.
  • get_provider_toolsEvery MCP tool they ship, with the operation each wraps.
  • get_provider_evidenceHow each part of their score was established. Free — the basis for a claim should not sit behind it.
  • get_provider_ratingPRO — composite, band, trend and facet scores.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This provider 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/lf-edge"
All providers 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers?limit=25"
Every operation they expose 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/lf-edge/operations?limit=25"
How their score was established 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/lf-edge/evidence"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no email required.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.