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PlayCanvas

PlayCanvas is an open-source WebGL/WebGPU 3D engine and cloud platform for building games, product configurators, and interactive 3D experiences that run in any web browser. It offers a browser-based collaborative Editor, a standalone engine on npm/CDN, React components, and Web Components, plus the SuperSplat toolchain for Gaussian-splat capture and publishing. PlayCanvas exposes a REST API (beta) for automating the platform — managing project assets, version-control branches and checkpoints, listing scenes, exporting projects, downloading self-hostable apps, polling asynchronous jobs, and publishing splats — authenticated with Bearer access tokens over HTTPS.

PlayCanvas publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Apps API, Assets API, Branches API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Company, 3D, Game Engine, WebGL, and WebGPU.

PlayCanvas’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, pricing, signup flow, and 22 more developer resources.

51.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-06 · rubric v0.19.0
1 APIs
Company3DGame EngineWebGLWebGPUGraphicsDeveloper ToolsGaussian SplattingRendering

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APIs 9

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

PlayCanvas Apps API

Published applications and self-hostable app downloads.

PlayCanvas Assets API

Project asset create/read/update/delete.

PlayCanvas Branches API

Version-control branches.

PlayCanvas Checkpoints API

Branch checkpoints (snapshots).

PlayCanvas Jobs API

Asynchronous job polling.

PlayCanvas Projects API

Project-level operations.

PlayCanvas RateLimits API

Account rate-limit inspection.

PlayCanvas Scenes API

Project scenes.

PlayCanvas Splats API

SuperSplat Gaussian-splat publishing.

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Open Collections 10

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Playcanvas Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Playcanvas Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: playcanvas
name: PlayCanvas
description: PlayCanvas is an open-source WebGL/WebGPU 3D engine and cloud platform for building games, product configurators,
  and interactive 3D experiences that run in any web browser. It offers a browser-based collaborative Editor, a standalone
  engine on npm/CDN, React components, and Web Components, plus the SuperSplat toolchain for Gaussian-splat capture and publishing.
  PlayCanvas exposes a REST API (beta) for automating the platform — managing project assets, version-control branches and
  checkpoints, listing scenes, exporting projects, downloading self-hostable apps, polling asynchronous jobs, and publishing
  splats — authenticated with Bearer access tokens over HTTPS.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/playcanvas/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
image: https://playcanvas.com/static-assets/images/social/playcanvas.png
tags:
- Company
- 3D
- Game Engine
- WebGL
- WebGPU
- Graphics
- Developer Tools
- Gaussian Splatting
- Rendering
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-apps-api
  name: PlayCanvas Apps API
  description: Published applications and self-hostable app downloads.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Apps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-apps-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-assets-api
  name: PlayCanvas Assets API
  description: Project asset create/read/update/delete.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Assets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-assets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-branches-api
  name: PlayCanvas Branches API
  description: Version-control branches.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Branches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-branches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-checkpoints-api
  name: PlayCanvas Checkpoints API
  description: Branch checkpoints (snapshots).
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Checkpoints
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-checkpoints-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-jobs-api
  name: PlayCanvas Jobs API
  description: Asynchronous job polling.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Job
  tags_raw:
  - Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-jobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-projects-api
  name: PlayCanvas Projects API
  description: Project-level operations.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-ratelimits-api
  name: PlayCanvas RateLimits API
  description: Account rate-limit inspection.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Rate Limits
  tags_raw:
  - RateLimits
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-ratelimits-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-scenes-api
  name: PlayCanvas Scenes API
  description: Project scenes.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Scenes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-scenes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-splats-api
  name: PlayCanvas Splats API
  description: SuperSplat Gaussian-splat publishing.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Splats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-splats-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/playcanvas-rest-overlay.yaml
- type: Website
  url: https://playcanvas.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.playcanvas.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.playcanvas.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/getting-started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.playcanvas.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/playcanvas
- type: Support
  url: https://forum.playcanvas.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://playcanvas.com/plans
- type: SignUp
  url: https://login.playcanvas.com/signup
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://playcanvas.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://playcanvas.com/privacy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/playcanvas-domain-security.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/playcanvas-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/playcanvas-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/playcanvas-components.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/playcanvas-well-known.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/playcanvas-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/playcanvas-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/playcanvas-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/playcanvas-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/playcanvas-changelog.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 17
  pass: local-v1

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