Picasso

Picasso is an image downloading and caching library for Android, focused on simplicity and minimal disk space usage. It is an open-source project by Square. Picasso is a client-side library, not a hosted HTTP API.

Picasso is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Android, Caching, Image Loading, Open-Source, and Library.

Picasso’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, documentation, and 3 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

3.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

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Android CachingImage LoadingOpen-Source Library Square

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 3.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.6 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.6 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 4.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 0.0 / 15

Agent readiness — 0/100 · 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 0 / 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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Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Issues

Issues

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: picasso
name: Picasso
description: Picasso is an image downloading and caching library for Android, focused on simplicity and minimal disk space
  usage. It is an open-source project by Square. Picasso is a client-side library, not a hosted HTTP API.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: Open Source
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/picasso.png
tags:
- Android
- Caching
- Image Loading
- Open-Source
- Library
- Square
tags_raw:
- Android
- Caching
- Image Loading
- Open Source
- Library
- Square
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/picasso/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://square.github.io/picasso/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/square/picasso
- type: Documentation
  url: https://square.github.io/picasso/
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/square/picasso/issues
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/square/picasso/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com