Lima

Lima launches Linux virtual machines on macOS with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd integration for running containers.

Lima is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Containers, Linux, macOS, and Virtualization.

Lima’s developer surface includes documentation and 3 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

6.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

ContainersLinuxmacOSVirtualization

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 6.7/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 4.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Security Posture 1

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

Lima Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

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 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: lima
name: Lima
description: Lima launches Linux virtual machines on macOS with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd integration
  for running containers.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lima.png
tags:
- Containers
- Linux
- macOS
- Virtualization
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lima/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lima-domain-security.yml
- url: https://lima-vm.io/
  type: Website
- url: https://lima-vm.io/docs/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima
  type: GitHubOrganization
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com