Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit technology consortium that supports open source projects and ecosystems. It provides a neutral home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data, and hosts hundreds of projects including the Linux kernel, Kubernetes, Node.js, PyTorch, OpenSSF, CNCF, RISC-V, and FINOS. The LFX platform offers tooling and insights for open source contributors and member organizations.

Linux Foundation publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Linux Foundation, Non-Profit, Open-Source, Technology, and LFX.

Linux Foundation’s developer surface includes documentation and 5 more developer resources.

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12.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

2 APIs

Linux Foundation Non-Profit Open-Source TechnologyLFX

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 12.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.9 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 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 2

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Linux Foundation Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

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 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: linux-foundation
name: Linux Foundation
description: The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit technology consortium that supports open source projects and ecosystems.
  It provides a neutral home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data, and hosts hundreds
  of projects including the Linux kernel, Kubernetes, Node.js, PyTorch, OpenSSF, CNCF, RISC-V, and FINOS. The LFX platform
  offers tooling and insights for open source contributors and member organizations.
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/linux-foundation.png
tags:
- Linux Foundation
- Non-Profit
- Open-Source
- Technology
- LFX
tags_raw:
- Linux Foundation
- Nonprofit
- Open Source
- Technology
- LFX
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-07-25'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/linux-foundation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: linux-foundation:lfx-platform
  name: LFX Platform
  description: LFX is the Linux Foundation's developer and community platform offering insights, tooling, and project lifecycle
    management for open source contributors and member organizations.
  humanURL: https://lfx.linuxfoundation.org/
  tags:
  - LFX
  - Platform
  - Insights
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://lfx.linuxfoundation.org/
  - type: Insights
    url: https://insights.lfx.dev/
  - type: Profile
    url: https://myprofile.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/
- aid: linux-foundation:linux-foundation-projects
  name: Linux Foundation Projects
  description: Programmatic access to Linux Foundation project resources, member data, and open source ecosystem information
    across hosted foundations such as CNCF, OpenSSF, OpenJS, LF Networking, LF Decentralized Trust, and others.
  humanURL: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects
  tags:
  - Linux Foundation
  - Project
  - Open-Source
  tags_raw:
  - Linux Foundation
  - Projects
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/linux-foundation-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/linux-foundation-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-linux-foundation
- type: Documentation
  name: Linux Foundation Documentation
  description: Official documentation for the Linux Foundation.
  url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: LF Engineering GitHub
  description: Source code and repositories for Linux Foundation engineering.
  url: https://github.com/LF-Engineering
- type: Website
  name: Linux Foundation Website
  description: The main Linux Foundation website.
  url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com

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