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Quix

Quix is a Python-native stream-processing platform for real-time data and ML. It pairs Quix Streams - an open source (Apache 2.0) Python library for building containerized stream-processing applications on Apache Kafka - with Quix Cloud, a fully managed platform offering managed Kafka, Kubernetes deployments, and a set of HTTP and SignalR/WebSocket APIs for writing data in, reading data out in real time, and managing workspaces, topics, and deployments.

Quix publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Streaming Reader API (Real-time), Definitions API, Deployments API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Stream Processing, Real-Time, Kafka, Python, and Streaming Data.

The Quix catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Quix’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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42.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
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9 APIs
Stream ProcessingReal-TimeKafkaPythonStreaming Data

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 42.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Access Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.4 / 13
Contract Governance 1.6 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 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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APIs 9

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

Quix Streaming Reader API (Real-time)

Subscribe to live parameter data, events, definitions, active streams, topic metrics, and raw packages from Quix topics in real time over a Microsoft SignalR hub (WebSockets, wi...

Quix Streams (Open Source)

Apache 2.0 open source Python library (pip install quixstreams) for building containerized stream-processing applications on Apache Kafka, using a declarative StreamingDataFrame...

Quix Definitions API

Declare parameter and event metadata for a stream (Streaming Writer API).

Quix Deployments API

Manage and monitor service deployments (Portal API).

Quix Event Data API

Publish discrete events into a stream (Streaming Writer API).

Quix Parameter Data API

Publish time-series parameter data into a stream (Streaming Writer API).

Quix Streams API

Create and close streams within a topic (Streaming Writer API).

Quix Topics API

Manage Kafka topics in a workspace (Portal API).

Quix Workspaces API

Manage Quix Cloud workspaces / environments (Portal API).

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Open Collections 9

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Quix Cloud HTTP APIs Definitions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Quix Cloud HTTP APIs Definitions Deployments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Quix Cloud HTTP APIs Definitions Event Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Quix Cloud HTTP APIs Definitions Parameter Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Quix Cloud HTTP APIs Definitions Streams API

OPEN COLLECTION

Quix Cloud HTTP APIs Definitions Topics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Quix Cloud HTTP APIs Definitions Workspaces API

OPEN COLLECTION

Quix Cloud HTTP APIs

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Quix Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Quix Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Quix Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Quix Streaming Reader API (SignalR / WebSocket)

AsyncAPI 2.6 description of the Quix **Streaming Reader API**, a real-time, bidirectional surface delivered over a **Microsoft SignalR hub**. SignalR negotiates the best availab...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Quix API Rules

10 rules · 1 errors 8 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Quix Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Quix Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Quix Agentic Access

16 operations · 11 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

16 operations · 11 acting

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 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: quix
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quix/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Quix
kind: company
description: Quix is a Python-native stream-processing platform for real-time data and ML. It pairs Quix Streams - an open
  source (Apache 2.0) Python library for building containerized stream-processing applications on Apache Kafka - with Quix
  Cloud, a fully managed platform offering managed Kafka, Kubernetes deployments, and a set of HTTP and SignalR/WebSocket
  APIs for writing data in, reading data out in real time, and managing workspaces, topics, and deployments.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/quix.png
tags:
- Stream Processing
- Real-Time
- Kafka
- Python
- Streaming Data
tags_raw:
- Stream Processing
- Real Time
- Kafka
- Python
- Streaming Data
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: quix:streaming-reader-api
  name: Quix Streaming Reader API (Real-time)
  tags:
  - Streaming
  - Reader
  - Real-Time
  - SignalR
  - WebSocket
  tags_raw:
  - Streaming
  - Reader
  - Real Time
  - SignalR
  - WebSocket
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-reader-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://reader-{environmentId}.cloud.quix.io/hub
  properties:
  - url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-reader-api/overview.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: asyncapi/quix-asyncapi.yml
    type: AsyncAPI
  description: Subscribe to live parameter data, events, definitions, active streams, topic metrics, and raw packages from
    Quix topics in real time over a Microsoft SignalR hub (WebSockets, with Long Polling fallback). Authenticated with a PAT
    via accessTokenFactory.
- aid: quix:quix-streams-oss
  name: Quix Streams (Open Source)
  tags:
  - Open-Source
  - Python
  - Kafka
  - Library
  tags_raw:
  - Open Source
  - Python
  - Kafka
  - Library
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-streams/introduction.html
  baseURL: https://github.com/quixio/quix-streams
  properties:
  - url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-streams/introduction.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/quixio/quix-streams
    type: SourceCode
  description: Apache 2.0 open source Python library (pip install quixstreams) for building containerized stream-processing
    applications on Apache Kafka, using a declarative StreamingDataFrame and an Application runtime with windowing, stateful
    processing, streaming joins, and sources/sinks. Requires Python 3.9+; not a hosted API - included here as the OSS foundation
    of the platform.
- aid: quix:quix-definitions-api
  name: Quix Definitions API
  description: Declare parameter and event metadata for a stream (Streaming Writer API).
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://writer-{environmentId}.cloud.quix.io
  tags:
  - Definitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quix-definitions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/develop/apis-overview.html
- aid: quix:quix-deployments-api
  name: Quix Deployments API
  description: Manage and monitor service deployments (Portal API).
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://writer-{environmentId}.cloud.quix.io
  tags:
  - Deployment
  tags_raw:
  - Deployments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quix-deployments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/develop/apis-overview.html
- aid: quix:quix-event-data-api
  name: Quix Event Data API
  description: Publish discrete events into a stream (Streaming Writer API).
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://writer-{environmentId}.cloud.quix.io
  tags:
  - Event Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quix-event-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/develop/apis-overview.html
- aid: quix:quix-parameter-data-api
  name: Quix Parameter Data API
  description: Publish time-series parameter data into a stream (Streaming Writer API).
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://writer-{environmentId}.cloud.quix.io
  tags:
  - Parameter Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quix-parameter-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/develop/apis-overview.html
- aid: quix:quix-streams-api
  name: Quix Streams API
  description: Create and close streams within a topic (Streaming Writer API).
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://writer-{environmentId}.cloud.quix.io
  tags:
  - Streams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quix-streams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/develop/apis-overview.html
- aid: quix:quix-topics-api
  name: Quix Topics API
  description: Manage Kafka topics in a workspace (Portal API).
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://writer-{environmentId}.cloud.quix.io
  tags:
  - Topics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quix-topics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/develop/apis-overview.html
- aid: quix:quix-workspaces-api
  name: Quix Workspaces API
  description: Manage Quix Cloud workspaces / environments (Portal API).
  humanURL: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://writer-{environmentId}.cloud.quix.io
  tags:
  - Workspaces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quix-workspaces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/quix-cloud/apis/streaming-writer-api/overview.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quix.io/docs/develop/apis-overview.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/quix-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/quix-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/quix-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/quixio
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quix
- type: Website
  url: https://quix.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://quix.io/docs/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/quix-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/quix-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/quix-finops.yml
- url: https://quix.io/blog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com