# Open Container Initiative

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/open-container-initiative/  
**Website:** https://opencontainers.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 22.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-24 under rubric 0.13.0. Trend: flat (-0.4 from 23.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 55.6 |
| Contract Quality | 44.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 17.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| 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 |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (5)

- **Open Container Initiative Blobs API** — The Blobs API from Open Container Initiative — 3 operation(s) for blobs.
- **Open Container Initiative Manifests API** — The Manifests API from Open Container Initiative — 1 operation(s) for manifests.
- **Open Container Initiative OCI Distribution Specification API** — The OCI Distribution Specification API from Open Container Initiative — 1 operation(s) for oci distribution specification.
- **Open Container Initiative Referrers API** — The Referrers API from Open Container Initiative — 1 operation(s) for referrers.
- **Open Container Initiative Tags API** — The Tags API from Open Container Initiative — 1 operation(s) for tags.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Open Container Initiative Agentic Access** — 15 operations · 7 acting

## Security (1)

- **Open Container Initiative Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Open Container Initiative Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cloud-Native, Containers, OCI, Open-Source, Standards

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