Stellar

aid: stellar
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stellar/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Stellar
tags:
- Blockchain
- Cryptocurrency
- Decentralized Exchange
- Ledger
- Payments
- Smart Contracts
- Web3
type: Index
kind: company
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-06-14'
modified: '2026-06-14'
position: Consumer
description: Stellar is an open-source, decentralized blockchain network designed for fast, low-cost cross-border payments
  and asset issuance. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) maintains the core protocol and the Horizon REST API, which
  provides HTTP access to ledger data including accounts, transactions, operations, effects, offers, trades, claimable balances,
  and liquidity pools. Horizon is the primary data gateway for the Stellar network, re-serving ledger data in a developer-friendly
  format. The network supports native XLM transfers, custom asset issuance, a built-in decentralized exchange (DEX), Soroban
  smart contracts, and anchor integrations for fiat on/off-ramps. Authentication is not required for read queries; transaction
  submission requires signing with a Stellar keypair.
apis:
- aid: stellar:horizon-api
  name: Stellar Horizon API
  tags:
  - Accounts
  - Assets
  - Blockchain
  - Claimable Balances
  - DEX
  - Effects
  - Ledger
  - Liquidity Pools
  - Offers
  - Operations
  - Payments
  - Trades
  - Transactions
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://horizon.stellar.org
  humanURL: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/horizon
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/horizon
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/horizon/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/sdks/client-sdks
    type: SDKs
  - url: https://github.com/stellar/go/tree/master/services/horizon
    type: GitHubRepository
  - url: openapi/stellar-horizon-api.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: rate-limits/stellar-rate-limits.yml
    type: RateLimits
  - url: plans/stellar-plans-pricing.yml
    type: Plans
  - url: finops/stellar-finops.yml
    type: FinOps
  description: The Stellar Horizon API is an HTTP REST interface to the Stellar network, providing developer-friendly access
    to the full ledger data set. It exposes endpoints for querying accounts, transactions, operations, effects, ledgers, offers,
    trades, claimable balances, liquidity pools, assets, and order books. Horizon also supports submitting new transactions
    to the network and finding payment paths between assets. The public SDF-hosted instance is available at https://horizon.stellar.org
    for mainnet and https://horizon-testnet.stellar.org for testnet. No API key is required for read-only queries; transaction
    submission requires a signed XDR envelope.
  x-features:
  - No authentication required for read-only queries
  - Cursor-based pagination with configurable limit and order
  - SSE (Server-Sent Events) streaming for real-time ledger data
  - Transaction submission via POST /transactions
  - Built-in DEX order book and trade history
  - Path payment route discovery via /paths endpoints
  - Testnet and mainnet instances hosted by SDF
  x-use-cases:
  - Query account balances, trustlines, and data entries
  - Retrieve full transaction and operation history for an account
  - Stream real-time effects and payment events via SSE
  - Submit signed transactions to the Stellar network
  - Access DEX order books, active offers, and trade history
  - Discover optimal payment paths between Stellar assets
  - Monitor claimable balances and liquidity pool reserves
- aid: stellar:stellar-rpc-api
  name: Stellar RPC API
  tags:
  - Blockchain
  - Smart Contracts
  - Soroban
  - RPC
  - Web3
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://soroban-testnet.stellar.org
  humanURL: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/rpc
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/rpc
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/rpc/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/sdks/client-sdks
    type: SDKs
  description: The Stellar RPC API (formerly Soroban RPC) is a JSON-RPC interface for interacting with Soroban smart contracts
    deployed on the Stellar network. It supports simulating and submitting contract invocations, reading contract state and
    ledger entries, and streaming network events. The RPC service is the primary interface for Soroban contract developers
    and complements Horizon by exposing contract-specific data not available through the Horizon REST API.
  x-features:
  - JSON-RPC 2.0 interface for smart contract interaction
  - Simulate contract invocations before submission
  - Read arbitrary ledger entries including contract state
  - Stream network events filtered by contract ID or topic
  - Submit signed Soroban transactions to the network
  x-use-cases:
  - Deploy and invoke Soroban smart contracts
  - Simulate contract calls to estimate fees before submission
  - Read on-chain contract state for dApp frontends
  - Subscribe to smart contract event streams
- aid: stellar:anchor-platform-api
  name: Stellar Anchor Platform API
  tags:
  - Anchor
  - Finance
  - SEP
  - Cross-Border Payments
  - Interoperability
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://platform-server.exampleanchor.com
  humanURL: https://developers.stellar.org/platforms/anchor-platform
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/platforms/anchor-platform
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/stellar-anchor-platform-api.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: openapi/stellar-anchor-platform-callbacks-api.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: https://github.com/stellar/anchor-platform
    type: GitHubRepository
  description: The Stellar Anchor Platform is an open-source toolkit that simplifies building SEP-compliant anchor services
    on the Stellar network. The Platform API is an internal interface used by anchor backends to retrieve and update transaction
    state for SEP-6, SEP-24, and SEP-31 payment flows. The Callbacks API defines synchronous callbacks that the platform makes
    to the anchor's backend during transaction processing.
- aid: stellar:disbursement-platform-api
  name: Stellar Disbursement Platform API
  tags:
  - Disbursements
  - Bulk Payments
  - Finance
  - Organization
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://sdp.example.org
  humanURL: https://developers.stellar.org/platforms/stellar-disbursement-platform
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/platforms/stellar-disbursement-platform
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/stellar-disbursement-platform-api.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: https://github.com/stellar/stellar-disbursement-platform-backend
    type: GitHubRepository
  description: The Stellar Disbursement Platform (SDP) is an open-source tool built for organizations to make bulk payments
    to a group of recipients over the Stellar network. The REST API supports tenant management, disbursement campaigns, recipient
    registration, wallet management, and payment monitoring. The SDP supports multi-tenant deployments and integrates with
    SEP-24 for wallet onboarding.
common:
- url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs
  type: Documentation
- url: https://stellar.org/blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://status.stellar.org
  type: StatusPage
- url: https://github.com/stellar
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/sdks/client-sdks
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/stellar/js-stellar-sdk
  type: JavaScriptSDK
- url: https://github.com/stellar/go-stellar-sdk
  type: GoSDK
- url: https://github.com/StellarCN/py-stellar-base
  type: PythonSDK
- url: https://github.com/Soneso/stellar-ios-mac-sdk
  type: iOSSDK
- url: https://discord.gg/stellardev
  type: Discord
- url: https://stellar.org/foundation
  type: About
- url: json-ld/stellar-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLDContext
- url: vocabulary/stellar-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com