Pelias

Pelias is a modular, open-source geocoding search engine built on Elasticsearch that converts addresses and place names into geographic coordinates (forward geocoding) and geographic coordinates into places and addresses (reverse geocoding). Powered entirely by open data from OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses, Who's on First, and Geonames, it is freely available under the MIT license and can be self-hosted or accessed via hosted services.

Pelias publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Autocomplete API, Forward Geocoding API, Place Lookup API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include geocoding, reverse geocoding, geospatial, open source, and elasticsearch.

The Pelias catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Pelias’ developer surface includes documentation, status page, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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39.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

4 APIs

geocodingreverse geocodinggeospatialopen sourceelasticsearchopenstreetmapaddressesplacesautocomplete

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 39.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 4

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Pelias Geocoding Response

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

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

Status

Status

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

HostedService

HostedService

Source (apis.yml)

name: Pelias
description: Pelias is a modular, open-source geocoding search engine built on Elasticsearch that converts addresses and place
  names into geographic coordinates (forward geocoding) and geographic coordinates into places and addresses (reverse geocoding).
  Powered entirely by open data from OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses, Who's on First, and Geonames, it is freely available under
  the MIT license and can be self-hosted or accessed via hosted services.
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://pelias.io/images/pelias-logo.png
tags:
- geocoding
- reverse geocoding
- geospatial
- open source
- elasticsearch
- openstreetmap
- addresses
- places
- autocomplete
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: pelias:pelias-autocomplete-api
  name: Pelias Autocomplete API
  description: Real-time type-ahead geocoding for user input
  humanURL: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.geocode.earth/v1
  tags:
  - Autocomplete
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pelias-autocomplete-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/pelias
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pelias/pelias
  - type: Docker
    url: https://github.com/pelias/docker
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pelias:pelias-forward-geocoding-api
  name: Pelias Forward Geocoding API
  description: Convert text or addresses into geographic coordinates
  humanURL: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.geocode.earth/v1
  tags:
  - Forward Geocoding
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pelias-forward-geocoding-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/pelias
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pelias/pelias
  - type: Docker
    url: https://github.com/pelias/docker
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pelias:pelias-place-lookup-api
  name: Pelias Place Lookup API
  description: Retrieve details for a known place by ID
  humanURL: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.geocode.earth/v1
  tags:
  - Place Lookup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pelias-place-lookup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/pelias
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pelias/pelias
  - type: Docker
    url: https://github.com/pelias/docker
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pelias:pelias-reverse-geocoding-api
  name: Pelias Reverse Geocoding API
  description: Convert geographic coordinates into places and addresses
  humanURL: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.geocode.earth/v1
  tags:
  - Reverse Geocoding
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pelias-reverse-geocoding-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/pelias
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pelias/pelias
  - type: Docker
    url: https://github.com/pelias/docker
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pelias/main/finops/finops.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/pelias-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pelias-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://pelias.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/pelias/documentation
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/pelias
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/pelias/pelias/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: HostedService
  url: https://geocode.earth
- type: Status
  url: https://github.com/pelias/pelias/issues
- type: Support
  url: https://gitter.im/pelias/pelias
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  X-twitter: apievangelist
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Pelias

Kin Score

APIs 4

Pelias Autocomplete API

Pelias Forward Geocoding API

Pelias Place Lookup API

Pelias Reverse Geocoding API

Pricing Plans 1

Plans

Rate Limits 1

Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Finops

Spectral Rules 1

Pelias API Rules

JSON Schema 1

Pelias Geocoding Response

Examples 4

Autocomplete

Reverse

Search

Structured

Security Posture 1

Pelias Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Pelias Agentic Access