Open Container Initiative

The Open Container Initiative (OCI) is an open governance structure for creating open industry standards around container formats and runtimes, hosted under the Linux Foundation.

Open Container Initiative publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Blobs API, Manifests API, OCI Distribution Specification API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Cloud-Native, Containers, OCI, Open-Source, and Standards.

Open Container Initiative’s developer surface includes engineering blog, FAQ, and 6 more developer resources.

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22.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

5 APIs

Cloud-Native Containers OCI Open-Source Standards

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 22.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 11.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 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 5

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Open Container Initiative Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Community

FAQ

FAQ

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: open-container-initiative
name: Open Container Initiative
description: The Open Container Initiative (OCI) is an open governance structure for creating open industry standards around
  container formats and runtimes, hosted under the Linux Foundation.
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
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/open-container-initiative.png
tags:
- Cloud-Native
- Containers
- OCI
- Open-Source
- Standards
tags_raw:
- Cloud Native
- Containers
- OCI
- Open Source
- Standards
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-container-initiative/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: open-container-initiative:open-container-initiative-blobs-api
  name: Open Container Initiative Blobs API
  description: The Blobs API from Open Container Initiative — 3 operation(s) for blobs.
  humanURL: https://opencontainers.org/
  tags:
  - Blobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/open-container-initiative-blobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opencontainers.org/about/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://opencontainers.org/community/overview/
- aid: open-container-initiative:open-container-initiative-manifests-api
  name: Open Container Initiative Manifests API
  description: The Manifests API from Open Container Initiative — 1 operation(s) for manifests.
  humanURL: https://opencontainers.org/
  tags:
  - Manifests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/open-container-initiative-manifests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opencontainers.org/about/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://opencontainers.org/community/overview/
- aid: open-container-initiative:open-container-initiative-oci-distribution-specification-api
  name: Open Container Initiative OCI Distribution Specification API
  description: The OCI Distribution Specification API from Open Container Initiative — 1 operation(s) for oci distribution
    specification.
  humanURL: https://opencontainers.org/
  tags:
  - OCI Distribution Specification
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/open-container-initiative-oci-distribution-specification-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opencontainers.org/about/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://opencontainers.org/community/overview/
- aid: open-container-initiative:open-container-initiative-referrers-api
  name: Open Container Initiative Referrers API
  description: The Referrers API from Open Container Initiative — 1 operation(s) for referrers.
  humanURL: https://opencontainers.org/
  tags:
  - Referrers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/open-container-initiative-referrers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opencontainers.org/about/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://opencontainers.org/community/overview/
- aid: open-container-initiative:open-container-initiative-tags-api
  name: Open Container Initiative Tags API
  description: The Tags API from Open Container Initiative — 1 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://opencontainers.org/
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/open-container-initiative-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opencontainers.org/about/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://opencontainers.org/community/overview/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/open-container-initiative-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/open-container-initiative-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-container-initiative
- type: Website
  url: https://opencontainers.org/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/opencontainers
- type: Blog
  url: https://opencontainers.org/posts/
- type: Community
  url: https://opencontainers.org/community/overview/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://opencontainers.org/faq/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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APIs 5

Open Container Initiative Blobs API

Open Container Initiative Manifests API

Open Container Initiative OCI Distribution Specification API

Open Container Initiative Referrers API

Open Container Initiative Tags API

Open Collections 7

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OCI Distribution Specification Blobs API

OCI Distribution Specification Blobs Manifests API

Blobs OCI Distribution Specification API

OCI Distribution Specification Blobs Referrers API

OCI Distribution Specification Blobs Tags API

OCI Distribution Specification

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