# RouterOS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/routeros/  
**Website:** https://mikrotik.com  
**APIs profiled:** 11

RouterOS is MikroTik's powerful network operating system designed for managing routers, switches, access points, and other network devices. It provides a comprehensive REST API (v7.1+) and a TCP-based binary API for programmatic management of IP addresses, interfaces, firewall rules, routing, VPN configurations, DHCP, DNS, and system resources. RouterOS powers MikroTik hardware and can also be deployed as a virtual machine (CHR).

## Kin Score — 37.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.5 from 36.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 65.6 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (11)

- **RouterOS TCP API** — The RouterOS TCP API is the native binary protocol for RouterOS, running on TCP port 8728 (standard) and TCP port 8729 (SSL/TLS). It uses a sentence-based word protocol with var...
- **RouterOS Bridge API** — Bridge interface management
- **RouterOS DHCP API** — DHCP server and client management
- **RouterOS DNS API** — DNS cache and configuration
- **RouterOS Firewall API** — Firewall rules, NAT, and address lists
- **RouterOS Interface API** — Network interface management
- **RouterOS IP Address API** — IP address configuration and management
- **RouterOS Routing API** — Routing tables, BGP, OSPF, and static routes
- **RouterOS System API** — System information, identity, and scripts
- **RouterOS VPN API** — VPN tunnels and configurations
- **RouterOS Wireless API** — Wireless interface and station management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Routeros Agentic Access** — 35 operations · 15 acting

## Security (3)

- **Routeros Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Routeros Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Routeros Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Routeros Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Networking, Router, Network Management, Firewall, MikroTik

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