Sails Co

Sails Co. is a full-service web, mobile, and cloud development studio (Y Combinator W15, Austin, Texas) founded by the creators of Sails.js. Sails.js is an open-source, API-driven MVC framework for Node.js — built on top of Express and Socket.io — for building production-ready, realtime web applications and data-driven REST APIs. It ships the Waterline ORM for datastore-agnostic data access, auto-generated "blueprint" REST APIs, first-class WebSocket support, and a `sails` command-line tool for scaffolding, running, and debugging apps. Sails is MIT-licensed and maintained by the Sails Co. team, which also offers professional and enterprise support for the framework.

Sails Co is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Framework, Node.js, MVC, and Web Development.

Sails Co’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, CLI, and 9 more developer resources.

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17.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 17.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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
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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Sails Co Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Sails Co Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SourceCode
SourceCode
 Packages
Packages
 CLI
CLI

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security
Security
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: sails-co
name: Sails Co
description: Sails Co. is a full-service web, mobile, and cloud development studio (Y Combinator W15, Austin, Texas) founded
  by the creators of Sails.js. Sails.js is an open-source, API-driven MVC framework for Node.js — built on top of Express
  and Socket.io — for building production-ready, realtime web applications and data-driven REST APIs. It ships the Waterline
  ORM for datastore-agnostic data access, auto-generated "blueprint" REST APIs, first-class WebSocket support, and a `sails`
  command-line tool for scaffolding, running, and debugging apps. Sails is MIT-licensed and maintained by the Sails Co. team,
  which also offers professional and enterprise support for the framework.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sails-co/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://sailsjs.com/images/logo.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Framework
- Node.js
- MVC
- Web Development
- Realtime
- ORM
- REST API
- JavaScript
- Open Source
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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  url: https://sailsjs.com/security
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  url: security/sails-co-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
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- type: Website
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- type: DeveloperPortal
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- type: Documentation
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- type: GettingStarted
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- type: Support
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- type: Blog
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  url: https://github.com/balderdashy
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/balderdashy/sails
- type: Packages
  url: packages/sails-co-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/sails-co-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/sails-co-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
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  artifacts_added: 6
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