Renovate

Renovate is an Open Source, cross-platform dependency automation tool by Mend.io that automatically creates pull requests to keep software dependencies up to date. It supports over 90 package managers and language ecosystems including npm, PyPI, Maven, Docker, Helm, Go modules, Ruby Gems, NuGet, and more. Renovate runs as a CLI, Docker container, GitHub Action, or hosted cloud service (Mend Renovate App). It integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gitea, Forgejo, and AWS CodeCommit. Configuration is done via a number of different locations in the repository: most commonly a `renovate.json` file in the repository root. The tool supports advanced scheduling, monorepo support, preset sharing, merge confidence scoring, and automatic replacement of deprecated packages.

Renovate is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Automation, CI/CD, Configuration, Dependency Management, and Open Source.

The Renovate catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Renovate’s developer surface includes documentation, SDKs, tutorials, and 12 more developer resources.

13.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
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AutomationCI/CDConfigurationDependency ManagementOpen SourceDevOps

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Composite quality — 13.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 1.2 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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
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Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Renovate Context

22 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

JSON Schema 1

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

Renovate Configuration

23 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Renovate Config Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Learn 1

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Company 1

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Other 3

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: renovate-json
name: Renovate
description: 'Renovate is an Open Source, cross-platform dependency automation tool by Mend.io that automatically creates
  pull requests to keep software dependencies up to date. It supports over 90 package managers and language ecosystems including
  npm, PyPI, Maven, Docker, Helm, Go modules, Ruby Gems, NuGet, and more. Renovate runs as a CLI, Docker container, GitHub
  Action, or hosted cloud service (Mend Renovate App). It integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Gitea,
  Forgejo, and AWS CodeCommit. Configuration is done via a number of different locations in the repository: most commonly
  a `renovate.json` file in the repository root. The tool supports advanced scheduling, monorepo support, preset sharing,
  merge confidence scoring, and automatic replacement of deprecated packages.'
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Automation
- CI/CD
- Configuration
- Dependency Management
- Open Source
- DevOps
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/renovate-json/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- url: https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate
  name: Renovate GitHub Repository
  type: GitHubRepository
  description: Main Renovate CLI source code repository (21k+ stars)
- url: https://docs.renovatebot.com
  name: Renovate Documentation
  type: Documentation
  description: Official documentation for configuration, platforms, and self-hosting
- url: https://www.mend.io/renovate/
  name: Mend Renovate
  type: Website
  description: Hosted Renovate service by Mend.io with cloud and self-hosted options
- url: https://github.com/apps/renovate
  name: Renovate GitHub App
  type: GitHubApp
  description: Install the Mend Renovate GitHub App for automatic dependency updates
- url: https://github.com/renovatebot/github-action
  name: Renovate GitHub Action
  type: GitHubAction
  description: GitHub Actions integration for self-hosted Renovate
- url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/renovate
  name: Renovate npm Package
  type: SDK
  description: Renovate CLI distributed as an npm package for self-hosting
- url: https://hub.docker.com/r/renovate/renovate
  name: Renovate Docker Image (`docker.io`)
  type: ContainerImage
  description: Official Docker image for self-hosted Renovate deployments
- url: https://ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate
  name: Renovate Docker Image (`ghcr.io`)
  type: ContainerImage
  description: Official Docker image for self-hosted Renovate deployments
- url: https://github.com/renovatebot/helm-charts
  name: Renovate Helm Charts
  type: HelmChart
  description: Kubernetes Helm charts for deploying Renovate in a cluster
- url: https://github.com/orgs/renovatebot/repositories
  name: Renovate GitHub Organization
  type: GitHubOrganization
  description: All Renovate Open Source projects including SDKs and integrations
- url: https://github.com/renovatebot/tutorial
  name: Renovate Tutorial
  type: Tutorial
  description: Hands-on tutorial for getting started with Renovate
- url: json-schema/renovate-config-schema.json
  name: Renovate Config Schema
  type: JSONSchema
  description: JSON Schema for renovate.json configuration file
- url: json-structure/renovate-config-structure.json
  name: Renovate Config Structure
  type: JSONStructure
  description: Structural documentation for Renovate configuration
- url: json-ld/renovate-context.jsonld
  name: Renovate JSON-LD Context
  type: JSONLD
  description: JSON-LD context for Renovate dependency management concepts
- url: vocabulary/renovate-vocabulary.yml
  name: Renovate Vocabulary
  type: Vocabulary
  description: Dependency automation domain vocabulary
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.mend.io/integrations/
integrations:
- name: Mend-io-logo-color
- name: Integrations - ai
- name: Integrations - sca
- name: Mend sast
- name: Integrations - renovate
- name: Integrations - dast icon 1
- name: Integrations - apis icon 1
- name: Integrations - eol
- name: Integrations - repoi
- name: Scalability-icon
- name: Integrations - reachability
- name: Ai models risk - nav bar
- name: Ai-red-teaming-icon-
- name: Integrations - ai based remediation
- name: Integrations -
- name: Sbom - nav bar
- name: Runtime-security-nav-bar-icon
- name: Code scanning - nav bar
- name: Open source license nav bar
- name: Open source license - nav bar
- name: Dependency updates - nav bar
- name: Software supply chain - nav bar
- name: Container security container security
- name: About us - nav bar
- name: Careers nav bar
- name: Partners - nav bar
- name: Events - nav bar
- name: Newsroom - nav bar
- name: Contact-us nav bar
- name: Resource center - nav bar
- name: Blog - nav bar
- name: Podcast-icon
- name: Customers - nav bar
- name: Integrations - nav bar
- name: Langugages nav bar
- name: Vulnerability database - nav bar
- name: Integrations - roi whitepaper featured image
- name: JIRA
- name: ServiceNow
- name: Azure DevOps
- name: Bitbucket Server
- name: Bitbucket Data Center
- name: Bitbucket Cloud
- name: GitLab
- name: GitHub
- name: GitHub Enterprise
- name: HeroDevs
- name: Bazel
- name: Ocaml
- name: Cabal
- name: Erlang
- name: Elixir
- name: Rust
- name: Cocoa Pods
- name: Ruby Bundler
- name: Composer
- name: Packrat
- name: Sbt
- name: Conda
- name: Poetry
- name: Pipenv
- name: Python PIP
- name: GoGradle
- name: Go VNDR
- name: Go Dep
- name: Go Modules
- name: nuget
- name: yarn
- name: npm
- name: Apache Ant
- name: Gradle
- name: Maven
- name: Docker Hardened Images
- name: Google Gemini Code Assist
- name: Google Gemini CLI
- name: Wiz
- name: Web Advisor Edge
- name: Chrome
- name: Code Claude
- name: Amazon Q Developer
- name: Copilot
- name: Cursor
- name: Windsurf
- name: Google Antigravity
- name: Visual Studio Code
- name: Visual Studio
- name: WebStorm
- name: PyCharm
- name: IntelliJ Idea
- name: Eclipse
- name: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- name: Backstage
- name: Appsec Phoenix
- name: ThreadFix
- name: Fortify
- name: CodeFresh
- name: Bitbucket Pipelines
- name: Cloud Build
- name: Travis CI
- name: AWS CodeBuild
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com