# Porter

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/porter/  
**Website:** https://porter.sh/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

A package manager for Kubernetes that uses Cloud Native Application Bundles (CNAB) to package and deploy applications along with their dependencies and configuration.

## Kin Score — 35.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 65.2 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 38.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **Porter Mixins API** — Extension interface for building and using mixins, which are the building blocks for authoring Porter bundles. Mixins provide pre-built integrations for interacting with tools a...
- **Porter Plugins API** — Plugin interface that allows extending Porter's core functionality, such as storing installation data, credential sets, and parameter sets in external systems like cloud storage...
- **Porter Bundles API** — Operations for searching, inspecting, and managing CNAB bundles published to OCI registries.
- **Porter CredentialSets API** — Operations for managing credential sets that supply secret values to bundle executions.
- **Porter Installations API** — Operations for managing bundle installations, including install, upgrade, invoke, and uninstall lifecycle actions.
- **Porter ParameterSets API** — Operations for managing parameter sets that supply configuration values to bundle executions.
- **Porter Runs API** — Operations for querying the history of bundle action executions and their outputs.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Porter Agentic Access** — 19 operations · 8 acting

## Security (2)

- **Porter Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Porter Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Porter Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cloud-Native, CNAB, DevOps, Kubernetes, Package Manager

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/porter/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.