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 Artificial Intelligence, 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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39.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs
Artificial IntelligenceLLMInferenceDecentralizedBittensor

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 39.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Access Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.4 / 13
Contract Governance 1.4 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
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 7

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat Completions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat Images API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat Models API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat Search API

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Targon API

OPEN COLLECTION

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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:
- Artificial Intelligence
- LLM
- Inference
- Decentralized
- Bittensor
tags_raw:
- AI
- LLM
- Inference
- Decentralized
- Bittensor
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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:
  - Image
  tags_raw:
  - 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