OpenAPI Initiative

aid: openapi-initiative
name: OpenAPI Initiative
description: The OpenAPI Initiative is a Linux Foundation project that promotes the OpenAPI Specification for defining standard,
  language-agnostic interfaces to RESTful APIs. It provides governance, tooling ecosystem support, and community collaboration
  for the most widely adopted API description format.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Linux Foundation
- Specifications
- Standards
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openapi-initiative/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: openapi-initiative:openapi-initiative-api
  name: OpenAPI Initiative API
  description: API for accessing OpenAPI Initiative resources, specifications, and tooling ecosystem documentation for defining
    standard interfaces to RESTful APIs.
  humanURL: https://spec.openapis.org/
  tags:
  - Specifications
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spec.openapis.org/
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-api-initiative
- type: Documentation
  name: OpenAPI Initiative Documentation
  description: Official documentation for OpenAPI Initiative.
  url: https://spec.openapis.org/
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: OpenAPI Initiative GitHub
  description: Source code and repositories for OpenAPI Initiative.
  url: https://github.com/OAI
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com