Targon

Targon is a decentralized AI inference platform operated as Bittensor Subnet 4 by Manifold Labs. It serves popular open models through an OpenAI-compatible REST API at https://api.targon.com/v1, where a marketplace of miners runs the inference and validators verify responses, giving developers chat, completions, image, and search endpoints over confidential, decentralized compute.

Targon publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Chat API, Completions API, Images API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include AI, LLM, Inference, Decentralized, and Bittensor.

The Targon catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Targon’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

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42.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs
AILLMInferenceDecentralizedBittensor

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 42.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 2.5 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 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 5

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

Targon Chat API

OpenAI-compatible chat completions.

Targon Completions API

OpenAI-compatible legacy text completions.

Targon Images API

Image generation from a text prompt.

Targon Models API

List models available on Targon.

Targon Search API

Query-based search/retrieval.

Open Collections 1

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

Targon API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Targon Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Targon Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Targon Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Targon Chat Completions Streaming (HTTP + SSE)

AsyncAPI 2.6 description of Targon's **chat completion streaming** surface. Targon is a decentralized AI inference platform operated as Bittensor Subnet 4 by Manifold Labs. It d...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Targon API Rules

4 rules · 1 errors 3 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Targon Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Targon Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Targon Agentic Access

6 operations · 4 acting

6 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: targon
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/targon/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Targon
kind: company
description: Targon is a decentralized AI inference platform operated as Bittensor Subnet 4 by Manifold Labs. It serves popular
  open models through an OpenAI-compatible REST API at https://api.targon.com/v1, where a marketplace of miners runs the inference
  and validators verify responses, giving developers chat, completions, image, and search endpoints over confidential, decentralized
  compute.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/targon.png
tags:
- AI
- LLM
- Inference
- Decentralized
- Bittensor
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: targon:targon-chat-api
  name: Targon Chat API
  description: OpenAI-compatible chat completions.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Chat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
- aid: targon:targon-completions-api
  name: Targon Completions API
  description: OpenAI-compatible legacy text completions.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
- aid: targon:targon-images-api
  name: Targon Images API
  description: Image generation from a text prompt.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
- aid: targon:targon-models-api
  name: Targon Models API
  description: List models available on Targon.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
- aid: targon:targon-search-api
  name: Targon Search API
  description: Query-based search/retrieval.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/targon-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/targon-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/targon-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/manifold-inc
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manifold-labs
- type: Website
  url: https://targon.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.targon.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/targon-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/targon-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/targon-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com