Quickwit

Cloud-native search engine for log management and full-text search with a REST API for indexing documents, running queries, and managing search indexes at petabyte scale. Quickwit decouples compute from storage, enabling sub-second search and analytics directly on cloud object storage (S3, GCS, Azure Blob). It is open-source (Apache 2.0), written in Rust, and supports OpenTelemetry, Jaeger tracing, and an Elasticsearch-compatible API. Quickwit joined Datadog in January 2025.

Quickwit publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Cluster API, Delete Tasks API, Index Templates API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Search, Log Management, Observability, Full-Text Search, and Cloud-Native.

Quickwit’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, YouTube channel, pricing, and 12 more developer resources.

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36.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFree

7 APIs

Search Log Management Observability Full-Text Search Cloud-Native Open-Source Distributed Tracing Analytics

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 36.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.3 / 20

Access Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 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 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 7

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Quickwit Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

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 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Discord

Discord

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: quickwit
name: Quickwit
description: 'Cloud-native search engine for log management and full-text search with a REST API for indexing documents, running
  queries, and managing search indexes at petabyte scale. Quickwit decouples compute from storage, enabling sub-second search
  and analytics directly on cloud object storage (S3, GCS, Azure Blob). It is open-source (Apache 2.0), written in Rust, and
  supports OpenTelemetry, Jaeger tracing, and an Elasticsearch-compatible API. Quickwit joined Datadog in January 2025.

  '
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/quickwit.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quickwit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Search
- Log Management
- Observability
- Full-Text Search
- Cloud-Native
- Open-Source
- Distributed Tracing
- Analytics
tags_raw:
- Search
- Log Management
- Observability
- Full-Text Search
- Cloud Native
- Open Source
- Distributed Tracing
- Analytics
apis:
- aid: quickwit:quickwit-cluster-api
  name: Quickwit Cluster API
  description: Monitor cluster state and node health
  humanURL: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-quickwit-node/api/v1
  tags:
  - Cluster
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quickwit-cluster-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
- aid: quickwit:quickwit-delete-tasks-api
  name: Quickwit Delete Tasks API
  description: Remove documents matching queries from indexes
  humanURL: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-quickwit-node/api/v1
  tags:
  - Delete Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quickwit-delete-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
- aid: quickwit:quickwit-index-templates-api
  name: Quickwit Index Templates API
  description: Manage index templates for automatic index creation
  humanURL: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-quickwit-node/api/v1
  tags:
  - Index Templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quickwit-index-templates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
- aid: quickwit:quickwit-indexes-api
  name: Quickwit Indexes API
  description: Create, update, retrieve, and manage search indexes
  humanURL: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-quickwit-node/api/v1
  tags:
  - Indexes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quickwit-indexes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
- aid: quickwit:quickwit-ingest-api
  name: Quickwit Ingest API
  description: Add documents to indexes via NDJSON format
  humanURL: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-quickwit-node/api/v1
  tags:
  - Ingest
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quickwit-ingest-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
- aid: quickwit:quickwit-search-api
  name: Quickwit Search API
  description: Query documents across indexes using full-text and aggregation queries
  humanURL: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-quickwit-node/api/v1
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quickwit-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
- aid: quickwit:quickwit-sources-api
  name: Quickwit Sources API
  description: Configure data sources such as Kafka, Kinesis, and Pulsar
  humanURL: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-quickwit-node/api/v1
  tags:
  - Sources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quickwit-sources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quickwit.io/docs/reference/rest-api
common:
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/quickwit-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/quickwit-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://quickwit.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://quickwit.io/docs
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/quickwit-oss
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quickwit-inc/
- type: Blog
  url: https://quickwit.io/blog
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/quickwit_inc
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/MT27AG5EVE
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@quickwit8103
- type: Pricing
  url: https://quickwit.io/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/quickwit-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/quickwit-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/quickwit-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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