# Timber

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/timber/  
**Website:** https://vector.dev/docs/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Timber (timber.io) is the developer-tools company, backed by Lux Capital, that built Vector — an open-source, high-performance observability data pipeline written in Rust. The timber.io domain now redirects to vector.dev, and the project is stewarded by Datadog (which acquired Timber in 2021). Vector collects, transforms, and routes logs, metrics, and traces from many sources through a Vector Remap Language (VRL) transform layer to many sinks, running as a single static binary in agent or aggregator roles. Vector is configuration- driven (YAML/TOML/JSON) rather than an HTTP SaaS; its programmable surface is a local gRPC "Observability API" that lets tooling inspect and interact with a running Vector instance (component topology, metrics, health, live event tapping). This profile enriches the Timber/Vector lead with the real developer surface: the gRPC API, the vector CLI, distribution packages, and project security posture.

## Kin Score — 32.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-19 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: rising (+7.5 from 25.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 28.2 |
| Governance | 4.5 |
| Contract Governance | 4.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 64.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 23.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (1)

- **Vector Observability API** — Vector ships with a local gRPC API that lets you interact with a running Vector instance — inspect component topology, read internal metrics and health, and tap live events flow...

## MCP servers (1)

- **timber-mcp.yml**

## Security (3)

- **Timber Authentication** — none · 0 schemes
- **Timber Domain Security** — TLSv1.3
- **Timber Vulnerability Disclosure** — contact published

## Tags

Company, Developer Tools, Observability, Logs, Metrics, Data Pipeline, Logging, Monitoring, Open Source, gRPC, Rust, Datadog

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/timber/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.