OpenChain

OpenChain is an international standard (ISO/IEC 5230) under the Linux Foundation for open source license compliance programs. It helps organizations manage open source licensing consistently by providing a benchmark for trust between organizations in the software supply chain.

OpenChain publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Compliance, Licensing, Linux Foundation, and Standards.

OpenChain’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 4 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

13.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

Compliance Licensing Linux Foundation Standards

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 13.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.7 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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

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APIs 1

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Rate Limits 1

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Openchain Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Documentation 1

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Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

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LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

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GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 2

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LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: openchain
name: OpenChain
description: OpenChain is an international standard (ISO/IEC 5230) under the Linux Foundation for open source license compliance
  programs. It helps organizations manage open source licensing consistently by providing a benchmark for trust between organizations
  in the software supply chain.
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
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/openchain.png
tags:
- Compliance
- Licensing
- Linux Foundation
- Standards
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openchain/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: openchain:openchain-api
  name: OpenChain API
  description: API for accessing OpenChain open source license compliance resources, standards documentation, and organizational
    benchmarking tools for software supply chain trust.
  humanURL: https://www.openchainproject.org/resources
  tags:
  - Compliance
  - Licensing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openchainproject.org/resources
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/openchain-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openchain
- type: Documentation
  name: OpenChain Documentation
  description: Official documentation for OpenChain.
  url: https://www.openchainproject.org/resources
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: OpenChain GitHub
  description: Source code and repositories for OpenChain.
  url: https://github.com/OpenChain-Project
- type: Integrations
  url: https://openchainproject.org/partners
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://openchainproject.org/llms.txt
- url: https://openchainproject.org/feed
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: THE LINUX FOUNDATION PROJECTS
- name: OpenChain
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com

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