Rainbow

aid: riverse
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: request-access
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Customer-only
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/other/terms-and-contracts/rainbow-standard-and-registry-fees
  - https://rainbowstandard.io/get-started
  generated: '2026-08-17'
  method: searched
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/riverse.png
name: Rainbow
x-former-name: Riverse
description: 'Rainbow — formerly Riverse, whose riverse.io domain now 301s to rainbowstandard.io — is a carbon crediting programme
  and registry that certifies and issues Rainbow Carbon Credits (RCCs) from engineered carbon removal and greenhouse-gas reduction
  projects across biochar, BiCRS/BioCCS, enhanced rock weathering, ex-situ mineralization, biogas from anaerobic digestion,
  biobased construction materials, battery second life and electronics refurbishment. The programme is ICVCM Core-Carbon-Principles
  approved, ICROA endorsed, approved as a Frontier credit issuer, and runs EU CRCF-compliant plus CORSIA and Paris Agreement
  Article 6 crediting tracks. It operates two platforms: Arc (arc.rainbowstandard.io), the project-developer certification
  and MRV platform launched October 2025, and the public Rainbow Registry (registry.rainbowstandard.io) where every project,
  credit block, serial number and retirement is published. Its public surface is a 163-page GitBook documentation hub of standard
  rules, procedures, methodologies, fees and governance policies, served with a real llms.txt and a Content-Signal AI-usage
  declaration. No OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL SDL, SDK, MCP server or A2A agent card is served on any Rainbow host; the only
  public acknowledgement that an API exists at all is a single line in the published fee schedule confirming that API connections
  carry no additional cost.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/riverse/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-08-17'
tags:
- Company
- Carbon Credits
- Carbon Removal
- Carbon Markets
- Sustainability
- Climate
- Registry
- Certification
- MRV
- Verification
- Biochar
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/riverse-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://rainbowstandard.io/
- type: Documentation
  name: Rainbow Standard Documentation
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/
- type: Registry
  name: Rainbow Registry — public credit registry
  url: https://registry.rainbowstandard.io/
- type: GettingStarted
  name: Get started as a project developer
  url: https://rainbowstandard.io/get-started
- type: Support
  name: General inquiries
  url: https://rainbowstandard.io/general-inquiries
- type: Blog
  name: Rainbow Updates
  url: https://rainbowstandard.io/updates
- type: Pricing
  name: Rainbow Standard and Registry Fees
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/other/terms-and-contracts/rainbow-standard-and-registry-fees
- type: Plans
  url: plans/riverse-plans-pricing.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  name: User Terms & Guidelines
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/other/terms-and-contracts
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/other/terms-and-contracts/privacy-policy
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/riverse-llms.txt
- type: ContentSignal
  name: Content Signals declaration in docs robots.txt
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/robots.txt
- type: Vocabulary
  name: Rainbow Standard Glossary
  url: vocabulary/riverse-vocabulary.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/riverse-changelog.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  name: Rainbow Standard Rules version history
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/rainbow-standard-documents/rainbow-standard-rules/version-history
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/riverse-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  name: Standard and methodology revision, discontinuation and archival policy
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/rainbow-standard-documents/procedures-manual/standard-and-methodologies
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/riverse-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  name: Governance & Integrity — KYC, AML, anti-bribery, COI, complaints and CSR policies
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/other/governance-and-integrity
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/riverse-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  name: Registry incident and vulnerability reporting procedure
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/rainbow-standard-documents/procedures-manual/registry-requirements
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/riverse-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  name: Administrative Oversight Record — published twice-yearly Registry IT audits
  url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/other/administrative-oversight
x-coverage:
  state: gated
  reason: customer-only-docs
  detail: Rainbow's own published fee schedule confirms an API exists — "Rainbow does not charge additional costs for retirement,
    transfers or API connections" — but the connection is only available to Arc/Registry account holders and not one of the
    163 public documentation pages describes an endpoint, base URL, auth model or spec.
  evidence:
  - url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/other/terms-and-contracts/rainbow-standard-and-registry-fees.md
    status: 200
  - url: https://docs.rainbowstandard.io/llms.txt
    status: 200
  - url: https://arc.rainbowstandard.io/api/openapi.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://registry.rainbowstandard.io/openapi.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://api.rainbowstandard.io/
    status: 0
  checked: '2026-08-17'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-17'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 10
  pass: local-v1