Rancher

Rancher is an open source container management platform built by SUSE that provides a complete software stack for teams adopting containers. It simplifies Kubernetes cluster deployment and management across any infrastructure, providing unified security, policy, and user management across all clusters. The Rancher Management API exposes these capabilities as Kubernetes-style REST resources for automation and platform engineering.

Rancher publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Apps API, Catalogs API, Clusters API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Cluster Management, Containers, Kubernetes, Multi-Cluster, and Open Source.

The Rancher catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Rancher’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, support, and 17 more developer resources.

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42.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 2/6 trace Heartbeat 100/100 alive open core · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
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AccessEnterprise

1 published contract

Cluster Management Containers Kubernetes Multi-Cluster Open SourceSUSEPlatform Engineering

What this lets a business do 2

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

ClustersNodes

POST /clusters DELETE /clusters/{id} GET /nodes

Cybersecurity Management

BC-620

RolesUsers

GET /roleTemplates GET /users

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 42.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.3 / 16

Developer Ergonomics 5.4 / 13

Access Clarity 3.1 / 13

Operational Transparency 2.2 / 8

Contract Governance 2.1 / 8

Discoverability 4.3 / 7

Regulatory Posture 2.5 / 15

Open Source Surface 6.5 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 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 10 / 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 65 points between them, because both conditional facets apply and carry 35 points together. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 65% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 23.7 — up to +15.3 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 41.7 — up to +11.7 composite points
Contract Quality scores 57.1 — up to +10.7 composite points

Each check links to what satisfies it. Publish the artifact, or tell us where it already lives, and the score moves on the next scoring run.

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Cloud Native (Kubernetes, CNCF, FinOps)	mixed	44.8	-	1
Official CLIs on Package Managers	mixed	44.8	-	1
Infrastructure-as-Code Provider Registries (Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi)	mixed	44.8	-	1
Jenkins Plugins + CD Foundation Landscape	mixed	44.8	-	1
Docker Hub Verified Publishers + Official Images	mixed	44.8	-	1
Vendor CLIs in the Arch User Repository	mixed	44.8	-	1

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 8

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

Rancher Apps API

Helm-based applications deployed through Rancher.

Rancher Catalogs API

Helm chart catalogs registered with Rancher.

Rancher Clusters API

Downstream Kubernetes clusters managed by Rancher.

Rancher Nodes API

Cluster nodes registered with Rancher.

Rancher Projects API

Rancher projects, which group namespaces within a cluster for tenancy and policy.

Rancher Roles API

Role templates and role bindings defining access policies.

Rancher Tokens API

API tokens used to authenticate against the Rancher API.

Rancher Users API

Rancher users.

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Open Collections 9

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

Rancher Management Apps API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rancher Management Apps Catalogs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rancher Management Apps Clusters API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rancher Management API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rancher Management Apps Nodes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rancher Management Apps Projects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rancher Management Apps Roles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rancher Management Apps Tokens API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rancher Management Apps Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Rancher API pricing

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Rancher's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rancher Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rancher Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Rancher Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Rancher Context

17 classes · 1 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Rancher — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Rancher API Rules

7 rules · 1 errors 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Rancher Cluster

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Rancher Node

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Rancher Project

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 3

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rancher Cluster Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rancher Node Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rancher Project Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Rancher Create Cluster Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Rancher List Clusters Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Rancher List Projects Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Rancher Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Rancher Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Rancher Agentic Access

13 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

IssueTracker

Releases

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

License

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: rancher
name: Rancher
description: Rancher is an open source container management platform built by SUSE that provides a complete software stack
  for teams adopting containers. It simplifies Kubernetes cluster deployment and management across any infrastructure, providing
  unified security, policy, and user management across all clusters. The Rancher Management API exposes these capabilities
  as Kubernetes-style REST resources for automation and platform engineering.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rancher.png
tags:
- Cluster Management
- Containers
- Kubernetes
- Multi-Cluster
- Open Source
- SUSE
- Platform Engineering
tags_raw:
- Cluster Management
- Containers
- Kubernetes
- Multi-Cluster
- Open Source
- SUSE
- Platform Engineering
- Open-Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rancher/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: rancher:rancher-apps-api
  name: Rancher Apps API
  description: Helm-based applications deployed through Rancher.
  humanURL: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  baseURL: https://{rancher_host}/v3
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Apps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rancher-apps-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview
  - type: API Quick Start
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-project.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-node.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rancher-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-project-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-node-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-clusters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-create-cluster-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-projects-example.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rancher-rules.yml
- aid: rancher:rancher-catalogs-api
  name: Rancher Catalogs API
  description: Helm chart catalogs registered with Rancher.
  humanURL: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  baseURL: https://{rancher_host}/v3
  tags:
  - Catalog
  tags_raw:
  - Catalogs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rancher-catalogs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview
  - type: API Quick Start
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-project.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-node.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rancher-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-project-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-node-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-clusters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-create-cluster-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-projects-example.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rancher-rules.yml
- aid: rancher:rancher-clusters-api
  name: Rancher Clusters API
  description: Downstream Kubernetes clusters managed by Rancher.
  humanURL: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  baseURL: https://{rancher_host}/v3
  tags:
  - Cluster
  tags_raw:
  - Clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rancher-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview
  - type: API Quick Start
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-project.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-node.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rancher-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-project-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-node-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-clusters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-create-cluster-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-projects-example.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rancher-rules.yml
- aid: rancher:rancher-nodes-api
  name: Rancher Nodes API
  description: Cluster nodes registered with Rancher.
  humanURL: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  baseURL: https://{rancher_host}/v3
  tags:
  - Node
  tags_raw:
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rancher-nodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview
  - type: API Quick Start
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-project.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-node.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rancher-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-project-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-node-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-clusters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-create-cluster-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-projects-example.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rancher-rules.yml
- aid: rancher:rancher-projects-api
  name: Rancher Projects API
  description: Rancher projects, which group namespaces within a cluster for tenancy and policy.
  humanURL: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  baseURL: https://{rancher_host}/v3
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rancher-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview
  - type: API Quick Start
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-project.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-node.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rancher-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-project-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-node-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-clusters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-create-cluster-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-projects-example.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rancher-rules.yml
- aid: rancher:rancher-roles-api
  name: Rancher Roles API
  description: Role templates and role bindings defining access policies.
  humanURL: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  baseURL: https://{rancher_host}/v3
  tags:
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rancher-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview
  - type: API Quick Start
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-project.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-node.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rancher-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-project-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-node-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-clusters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-create-cluster-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-projects-example.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rancher-rules.yml
- aid: rancher:rancher-tokens-api
  name: Rancher Tokens API
  description: API tokens used to authenticate against the Rancher API.
  humanURL: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  baseURL: https://{rancher_host}/v3
  tags:
  - Tokens
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rancher-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview
  - type: API Quick Start
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-project.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-node.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rancher-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-project-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-node-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-clusters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-create-cluster-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-projects-example.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rancher-rules.yml
- aid: rancher:rancher-users-api
  name: Rancher Users API
  description: Rancher users.
  humanURL: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  baseURL: https://{rancher_host}/v3
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rancher-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview
  - type: API Quick Start
    url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/api/quickstart
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-project.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rancher-node.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rancher-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-project-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rancher-node-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-clusters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-create-cluster-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/rancher-list-projects-example.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rancher-rules.yml
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/rancher/overview
- type: Plans
  url: plans/rancher-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/rancher-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/rancher-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/rancher-capability-edges.yml
  name: Rancher Business Capability Map
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/rancher/rancher/releases
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/rancher/rancher/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/rancher/rancher/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/rancher/rancher/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/rancher-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rancher-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/rancher-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rancher
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rancher.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/rancher
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/rancher/rancher
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.suse.com/c/rancher/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.rancher.com/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.rancher.com/quick-start
- type: Support
  url: https://www.rancher.com/support-maintenance-terms
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/rancher-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Rancher API — frequently asked questions

Does Rancher have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from Rancher, including Rancher Apps API, Rancher Catalogs API and Rancher Clusters API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Rancher API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for Rancher, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Rancher API?

Rancher uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Rancher Authentication.

Is the Rancher API ready for AI agents?

Rancher has a Kin Score of 42.6 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 20.2 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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