Pipy

Pipy is a high-performance, programmable network proxy designed for cloud, edge, and IoT environments. Written in C++ with an embedded JavaScript engine (PipyJS), it provides a small footprint, broad CPU architecture support, and a modular filter-based architecture for protocol conversion, traffic recording, message signing, and other networking tasks. Pipy is developed by Flomesh.

Pipy publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Proxy, Networking, Edge, Cloud, and IoT.

Pipy’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

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15.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
ProxyNetworkingEdgeCloudIoT

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 15.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Access Clarity 3.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 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
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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APIs 1

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

Pipy Admin API

Pipy exposes an Admin UI and administrative interface, accessible via the built-in repo-mode HTTP server (default port 6060). The administrative surface allows operators to mana...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Pipy Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Pipy Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Pipy Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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Pipy Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

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GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Download
Download

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: pipy
name: Pipy
description: Pipy is a high-performance, programmable network proxy designed for cloud, edge, and IoT environments. Written
  in C++ with an embedded JavaScript engine (PipyJS), it provides a small footprint, broad CPU architecture support, and a
  modular filter-based architecture for protocol conversion, traffic recording, message signing, and other networking tasks.
  Pipy is developed by Flomesh.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pipy.png
tags:
- Proxy
- Networking
- Edge
- Cloud
- IoT
created: '2026-04-28'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pipy/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: pipy:admin-api
  name: Pipy Admin API
  description: Pipy exposes an Admin UI and administrative interface, accessible via the built-in repo-mode HTTP server (default
    port 6060). The administrative surface allows operators to manage Pipy repositories, configurations, and programmable
    filter chains written in PipyJS.
  humanURL: https://flomesh.io/pipy/docs/reference/api
  baseURL: http://localhost:6060
  tags:
  - Admin
  - Proxy
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://flomesh.io/pipy/docs/reference/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://flomesh.io/pipy/docs/getting-started/quick-start
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pipy-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pipy
- type: Website
  url: https://flomesh.io/pipy
  name: Pipy Website
- type: Documentation
  url: https://flomesh.io/pipy/docs
  name: Pipy Documentation
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://flomesh.io/pipy/docs/getting-started/quick-start
  name: Pipy Quick Start
- type: Download
  url: https://flomesh.io/pipy/download
  name: Pipy Downloads
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.flomesh.io
  name: Flomesh Blog
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/flomesh-io/pipy
  name: Pipy GitHub Repository
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/pipyproxy
  name: Pipy on Twitter
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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