# SafeLine

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/safeline/  
**Website:** https://waf.chaitin.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

SafeLine is an open-source self-hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) and reverse proxy developed by Chaitin Technology that protects web applications and APIs from attacks including SQL injection, XSS, code injection, OS command injection, SSRF, path traversal, and RCE. With over 180,000 installations protecting more than 1 million websites, SafeLine handles over 30 billion HTTP requests daily. It provides rate limiting, anti-bot defenses, dynamic code protection, and integrates with API gateways including Apache APISIX and Kong. SafeLine exposes a management API on port 9443 and supports MCP server implementations for AI-assisted management.

## Kin Score — 33.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 33.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 62.6 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (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 | no |
| 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 (9)

- **SafeLine MCP Server** — SafeLine provides two MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server implementations for AI-assisted WAF management: a Python MCP Server for tool-based API management and a Go MCP Server f...
- **SafeLine ACL Rules API** — Access control list rules for blocking and allowing traffic
- **SafeLine Authentication API** — Login and session management
- **SafeLine Reports API** — Security report generation and retrieval
- **SafeLine Security Policies API** — Security policy and rule group management
- **SafeLine SSL Certificates API** — SSL/TLS certificate management
- **SafeLine System API** — System configuration and administration
- **SafeLine Users API** — User account and permission management
- **SafeLine Websites API** — Protected website (application) management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Safeline Agentic Access** — 30 operations · 18 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Safeline Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Safeline Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Safeline Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Proxy, WAF, Security, Open-Source, Reverse Proxy, API Gateway

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