# Renovate

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/renovate-bot/  
**Website:** https://www.mend.io/renovate/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

Renovate is an open source automated dependency update bot maintained by Mend. It scans repositories for references to dependencies across 100+ package managers — npm, pip, poetry, Maven, Gradle, NuGet, Go modules, Cargo, Bundler, Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions and many more — and opens pull/merge requests that update versions, lockfiles, and digests. Renovate runs as a CLI, Docker container, GitHub App, GitLab Runner, Bitbucket Cloud app, or Azure DevOps integration, supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gitea, Forgejo, AWS CodeCommit, and Gerrit, and is configured via a renovate.json file with shareable presets, packageRules, automerge, grouping, scheduling, and a Dependency Dashboard. Mend provides a free Community Cloud hosted tier for unlimited public and private repositories and a paid Enterprise Cloud tier with higher concurrency, Merge Confidence Workflows, and support.

## Kin Score — 27.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 27.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 14.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 18.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 34.2 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

## Agent readiness — 1.3 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (6)

- **Renovate CLI** — The open source Renovate CLI is a Node.js application distributed via npm and as Docker images on Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry. It can be run locally, in CI, or as a...
- **Renovate Configuration** — Renovate's behavior is driven by repository-level configuration files (`renovate.json`, `renovate.json5`, `.github/renovate.json`, `.gitlab/renovate.json`, `.renovaterc`, or a d...
- **Renovate Package Managers** — Renovate ships 100+ package manager modules covering JavaScript (npm, bun, deno, nvm, nodenv), Python (poetry, pipenv, pip-compile, pep621, pyenv), Java/JVM (maven, gradle, sbt,...
- **Renovate Git Platforms** — Renovate has pluggable platform adapters for GitHub (cloud and Enterprise Server), GitLab (SaaS and CE/EE), Bitbucket Cloud, Bitbucket Data Center / Server, Azure DevOps, Gitea,...
- **Mend Hosted Renovate** — Mend operates a hosted Renovate service that runs Renovate as a GitHub App, Bitbucket Cloud app, and Azure DevOps integration on Mend infrastructure. A generous Community Cloud ...
- **Renovate Merge Confidence** — Merge Confidence is a Mend-operated data service that classifies each candidate update (Low / Neutral / High / Very High) using package age, adoption, test pass rates, and known...

## Security (2)

- **Renovate Bot Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Renovate Bot Trust Center** — trust center published

## Tags

DependencyUpdates, Developer Tools, Bots, Automation, Software Supply Chain, Open-Source, Mend, AGPLv3, Node.js, TypeScript

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