Moondream

Moondream is a fast, efficient open vision language model (VLM) from M87 Labs. The Moondream Cloud API turns images into structured output through five Skills — Query (visual question answering), Caption, Detect (bounding boxes), Point (center coordinates), and Segment (SVG path masks) — plus an OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint, an asynchronous Batch API, and cloud finetuning (Lens). Model weights are open and downloadable from Hugging Face; hosted inference is pay-per-token with HIPAA and SOC 2 available. Official Python and Node.js SDKs are published.

Moondream publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: OpenAI Compatibility API and Skills API. Tagged areas include Company, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Vision Language Model.

Moondream’s developer surface includes authentication, changelog, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, pricing, and 23 more developer resources.

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54.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 69/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
2 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningComputer VisionVision Language ModelObject DetectionImage CaptioningOCRDeveloper Tools

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 54.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 16.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 69/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 2

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

Moondream OpenAI Compatibility API

OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint.

Moondream Skills API

Moondream vision Skills — query, caption, detect, point, segment.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

moondream-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

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

Moondream Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Moondream Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Moondream Agentic Access

6 operations · 6 acting · 5 human-in-the-loop

6 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance
 DataModel
DataModel

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 Compliance
Compliance
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: moondream
name: Moondream
description: Moondream is a fast, efficient open vision language model (VLM) from M87 Labs. The Moondream Cloud API turns
  images into structured output through five Skills — Query (visual question answering), Caption, Detect (bounding boxes),
  Point (center coordinates), and Segment (SVG path masks) — plus an OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint, an asynchronous Batch
  API, and cloud finetuning (Lens). Model weights are open and downloadable from Hugging Face; hosted inference is pay-per-token
  with HIPAA and SOC 2 available. Official Python and Node.js SDKs are published.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://moondream.ai/apple-touch-icon.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/moondream/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- felicis
x-tier: active
x-tier-reason: enriched
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Computer Vision
- Vision Language Model
- Object Detection
- Image Captioning
- OCR
- Developer Tools
apis:
- aid: moondream:moondream-openai-compatibility-api
  name: Moondream OpenAI Compatibility API
  description: OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint.
  humanURL: https://docs.moondream.ai/api
  baseURL: https://api.moondream.ai/v1
  tags:
  - OpenAI Compatibility
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/moondream-openai-compatibility-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.moondream.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.moondream.ai/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.moondream.ai/quickstart
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://docs.moondream.ai/rate-limits
- aid: moondream:moondream-skills-api
  name: Moondream Skills API
  description: Moondream vision Skills — query, caption, detect, point, segment.
  humanURL: https://docs.moondream.ai/api
  baseURL: https://api.moondream.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Skills
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/moondream-skills-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.moondream.ai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.moondream.ai/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.moondream.ai/quickstart
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://docs.moondream.ai/rate-limits
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/moondream-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/moondream-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/moondream-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/moondream-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/moondream-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://moondream.ai/pricing
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/moondream-data-model.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/moondream-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/moondream-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/moondream-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/moondream-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/moondream-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/moondream-well-known.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/moondream-changelog.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/moondream-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/moondream-agentic-access.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://moondream.ai
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.moondream.ai/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.moondream.ai/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.moondream.ai/api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.moondream.ai/quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://moondream.ai/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://moondream.ai/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://moondream.ai/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://moondream.ai/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://moondream.ai/privacy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/m87-labs
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://moondream.ai/c/playground
- type: Support
  url: mailto:sales@moondream.ai
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 19
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