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Spring Boot is an open source Java-based framework used to create stand-alone, production-grade Spring-based applications with minimal configuration. It provides auto-configuration, embedded server support, opinionated defaults, and production-ready features including health checks, metrics, and externalized configuration management.

Spring Boot publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Application API, Caches API, Configuration API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Auto Configuration, Embedded Server, Framework, Java, and Microservices.

The Spring Boot catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Spring Boot’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, release notes, Stack Overflow tag, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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43.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
13 APIs
Auto ConfigurationEmbedded ServerFrameworkJavaMicroservicesREST APISpringWeb Development

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Composite quality — 43.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 3.8 / 12
Discoverability 7.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 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 7 / 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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APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Spring Boot REST API

RESTful web services built with Spring Boot using Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux. Supports JSON, XML, and hypermedia responses with full content negotiation, validation, error han...

Spring Data REST API

Exposes Spring Data repositories as hypermedia-driven RESTful resources automatically. Supports HAL, collection+json media types, sorting, pagination, projections, and custom ev...

Spring Boot Admin API

Admin UI and monitoring tool for Spring Boot applications providing registration, health monitoring, log level management, JMX bean access, and notification capabilities for mul...

Spring Boot Application API

The Application API from Spring Boot — 3 operation(s) for application.

Spring Boot Caches API

The Caches API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for caches.

Spring Boot Configuration API

The Configuration API from Spring Boot — 1 operation(s) for configuration.

Spring Boot Environment API

The Environment API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for environment.

Spring Boot Health API

The Health API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for health.

Spring Boot Info API

The Info API from Spring Boot — 1 operation(s) for info.

Spring Boot JVM API

The JVM API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for jvm.

Spring Boot Lifecycle API

The Lifecycle API from Spring Boot — 1 operation(s) for lifecycle.

Spring Boot Loggers API

The Loggers API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for loggers.

Spring Boot Metrics API

The Metrics API from Spring Boot — 3 operation(s) for metrics.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Spring Boot Actuator API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Spring Boot Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spring Boot Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Spring Boot Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Spring Boot Context

12 classes · 13 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Spring Boot API Rules

9 rules · 4 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

Spring Boot API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

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

Spring Boot Actuator Health Response

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Spring Boot Actuator Metric Response

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Spring Boot Application Configuration

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Spring Boot Actuator Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Spring Boot Actuator Get Health Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Spring Boot Actuator Get Metrics Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Spring Boot Actuator Set Logger Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Spring Boot Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Spring Boot Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Spring Boot Agentic Access

21 operations · 4 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

21 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 Guides
Guides

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Issues
Issues
 ReleaseNotes
ReleaseNotes
 StackOverflow
StackOverflow

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Maven Repository
Maven Repository
 Maven Central
Maven Central
 Spring Initializr
Spring Initializr

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: spring-boot
name: Spring Boot
description: Spring Boot is an open source Java-based framework used to create stand-alone, production-grade Spring-based
  applications with minimal configuration. It provides auto-configuration, embedded server support, opinionated defaults,
  and production-ready features including health checks, metrics, and externalized configuration management.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://spring.io/img/spring-boot-logo.png
url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Auto Configuration
- Embedded Server
- Framework
- Java
- Microservices
- REST API
- Spring
- Web Development
apis:
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-rest-api
  name: Spring Boot REST API
  description: RESTful web services built with Spring Boot using Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux. Supports JSON, XML, and hypermedia
    responses with full content negotiation, validation, error handling, and CORS configuration.
  humanURL: https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/api
  tags:
  - HTTP
  - JSON
  - REST
  - Web Services
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/web.html
  - type: Getting Started Guide
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/
  - type: Tutorial
    url: https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/rest/
- aid: spring-boot:spring-data-rest
  name: Spring Data REST API
  description: Exposes Spring Data repositories as hypermedia-driven RESTful resources automatically. Supports HAL, collection+json
    media types, sorting, pagination, projections, and custom event handlers.
  humanURL: https://spring.io/projects/spring-data-rest
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/
  tags:
  - Database
  - HATEOAS
  - Repository
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/rest/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: API Guide
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/rest/docs/current/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-rest/
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-admin
  name: Spring Boot Admin API
  description: Admin UI and monitoring tool for Spring Boot applications providing registration, health monitoring, log level
    management, JMX bean access, and notification capabilities for multiple application instances.
  humanURL: https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/admin
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Dashboard
  - Management
  - Monitoring
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://codecentric.github.io/spring-boot-admin/current/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://codecentric.github.io/spring-boot-admin/current/#getting-started
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-application-api
  name: Spring Boot Application API
  description: The Application API from Spring Boot — 3 operation(s) for application.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Application
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-application-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-caches-api
  name: Spring Boot Caches API
  description: The Caches API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for caches.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Caches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-caches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-configuration-api
  name: Spring Boot Configuration API
  description: The Configuration API from Spring Boot — 1 operation(s) for configuration.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-environment-api
  name: Spring Boot Environment API
  description: The Environment API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for environment.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Environment
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-environment-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-health-api
  name: Spring Boot Health API
  description: The Health API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for health.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-info-api
  name: Spring Boot Info API
  description: The Info API from Spring Boot — 1 operation(s) for info.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Info
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-info-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-jvm-api
  name: Spring Boot JVM API
  description: The JVM API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for jvm.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - JVM
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-jvm-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-lifecycle-api
  name: Spring Boot Lifecycle API
  description: The Lifecycle API from Spring Boot — 1 operation(s) for lifecycle.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Lifecycle
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-lifecycle-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-loggers-api
  name: Spring Boot Loggers API
  description: The Loggers API from Spring Boot — 2 operation(s) for loggers.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Loggers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-loggers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
- aid: spring-boot:spring-boot-metrics-api
  name: Spring Boot Metrics API
  description: The Metrics API from Spring Boot — 3 operation(s) for metrics.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-boot-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-health-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-boot-actuator-metric-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-boot-actuator-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-boot-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-boot-actuator-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/spring-boot-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/spring-boot-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spring-boot-domain-security.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/
- type: Website
  url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-boot
- type: Blog
  url: https://spring.io/blog/category/spring-boot
- type: Guides
  url: https://spring.io/guides
- type: Maven Repository
  url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot
- type: Maven Central
  url: https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot
- type: Spring Initializr
  url: https://start.spring.io/
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spring-boot-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: VMware Tanzu (Spring Team)
  email: spring-boot@vmware.com
  url: https://spring.io/team
include:
- name: Spring Framework
  url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework
- name: Spring Cloud
  url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud
- name: Spring Data
  url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-data