Spring Framework

The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications on any kind of deployment platform. A key element of Spring is infrastructural support at the application level: Spring focuses on the "plumbing" of enterprise applications so that teams can focus on application-level business logic, without unnecessary ties to specific deployment environments. It includes modules for dependency injection, data access, web development, aspect-oriented programming, and more.

Spring Framework publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Generation API, Management API, and Metadata API. Tagged areas include AOP, Dependency Injection, Enterprise, Framework, and IOC.

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

Spring Framework’s developer surface includes engineering blog, getting-started guide, Stack Overflow tag, YouTube channel, release notes, documentation, and 10 more developer resources.

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31.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

6 APIs

AOP Dependency Injection Enterprise Framework IOC Java Microservices MVC Spring Boot

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Kin Score How this is scored →
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Composite quality — 31.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Contract Governance 1.6 / 12

Discoverability 7.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 6

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spring Framework Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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JSON Schema 1

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Examples 1

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AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Guides

Guides

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StackOverflow

StackOverflow

ReleaseNotes

ReleaseNotes

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Twitter

Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Maven Repository

Maven Repository

Source (apis.yml)

aid: spring-framework
name: Spring Framework
description: 'The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise
  applications on any kind of deployment platform. A key element of Spring is infrastructural support at the application level:
  Spring focuses on the "plumbing" of enterprise applications so that teams can focus on application-level business logic,
  without unnecessary ties to specific deployment environments. It includes modules for dependency injection, data access,
  web development, aspect-oriented programming, and more.'
type: Index
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-logo.svg
url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- AOP
- Dependency Injection
- Enterprise
- Framework
- IOC
- Java
- Microservices
- MVC
- Spring Boot
tags_raw:
- AOP
- Dependency Injection
- Enterprise
- Framework
- IoC
- Java
- Microservices
- MVC
- Spring Boot
apis:
- aid: spring-framework:spring-boot-actuator
  name: Spring Boot Actuator API
  description: Production-ready features for monitoring and managing Spring Boot applications. Exposes health checks, metrics,
    environment info, configuration properties, thread dumps, heap dumps, and logger configuration via HTTP endpoints.
  image: https://spring.io/img/spring-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080/actuator
  tags:
  - Health
  - Management
  - Metrics
  - Monitoring
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/actuator-api/htmlsingle/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/actuator.html
- aid: spring-framework:spring-mvc
  name: Spring MVC Web Framework
  description: Model-View-Controller web framework built on the Servlet API. Supports annotation-driven controllers, content
    negotiation, validation, data binding, file uploads, CORS, and exception handling in a flexible servlet container.
  image: https://spring.io/img/spring-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/web.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Annotations
  - HTTP
  - MVC
  - REST
  - Web
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/web.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/serving-web-content/
- aid: spring-framework:spring-webflux
  name: Spring WebFlux Reactive API
  description: Reactive-stack web framework for building non-blocking, event-driven web applications on top of Project Reactor.
    Supports annotated controllers and functional endpoints with reactive programming model.
  image: https://spring.io/img/spring-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/web-reactive.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Non-Blocking
  - Reactive
  - Reactor
  - WebFlux
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/web-reactive.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/
  - type: Guide
    url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/reactive-rest-service/
- aid: spring-framework:spring-framework-generation-api
  name: Spring Framework Generation API
  description: The Generation API from Spring Framework — 2 operation(s) for generation.
  humanURL: https://start.spring.io
  baseURL: https://start.spring.io
  tags:
  - Generation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-framework-generation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/start.spring.io
  - type: API Endpoint
    url: https://start.spring.io/
- aid: spring-framework:spring-framework-management-api
  name: Spring Framework Management API
  description: The Management API from Spring Framework — 2 operation(s) for management.
  humanURL: https://start.spring.io
  baseURL: https://start.spring.io
  tags:
  - Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-framework-management-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/start.spring.io
  - type: API Endpoint
    url: https://start.spring.io/
- aid: spring-framework:spring-framework-metadata-api
  name: Spring Framework Metadata API
  description: The Metadata API from Spring Framework — 2 operation(s) for metadata.
  humanURL: https://start.spring.io
  baseURL: https://start.spring.io
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-framework-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/spring-io/start.spring.io
  - type: API Endpoint
    url: https://start.spring.io/
common:
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/spring-framework-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/spring-framework-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spring-framework-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
- type: Blog
  url: https://spring.io/blog
- type: Guides
  url: https://spring.io/guides
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://spring.io/quickstart
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/springcentral
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/SpringSourceDev
- type: Maven Repository
  url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-framework
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/
maintainers:
- FN: VMware Broadcom Spring Team
  email: spring-projects@vmware.com
  url: https://spring.io/team

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