# Nacos

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nacos/  
**Website:** https://nacos.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

Nacos is an easy-to-use dynamic service discovery, configuration, and service management platform from Alibaba for building cloud-native applications, supporting Dubbo, gRPC, Spring Cloud RESTful, and Kubernetes services.

## Kin Score — 33.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 33.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 51.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| 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 · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **Nacos Auth API** — Authentication
- **Nacos Configuration API** — Configuration management operations
- **Nacos Namespace API** — Namespace management
- **Nacos Operator API** — Server operations and metrics
- **Nacos Service Discovery API** — Service instance registration and discovery
- **Nacos Service Management API** — Service definition management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nacos Agentic Access** — 26 operations · 16 acting

## Security (2)

- **Nacos Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Nacos Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **Nacos Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Alibaba, Cloud-Native, Configuration Management, DNS, Java, Microservices, Service Discovery, Service Management

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