Trieve

Trieve (Devflow, Inc.) is an open-source, all-in-one search, recommendations, RAG, and analytics platform delivered as a REST API. The backend is written in Rust (Actix-web) and exposes endpoints for managing organizations, datasets, chunks, chunk groups, files, search, topics / messages (LLM chat), web crawls, events, analytics, and experiments. Trieve Cloud is hosted at api.trieve.ai; the same server can be self-hosted from the devflowinc/trieve repository. Official SDKs are published for TypeScript and Python.

Trieve publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Chunk API, Dataset API, File API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Search, RAG, Vector Search, Hybrid Search, and Recommendations.

Trieve’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, GitHub presence, pricing, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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45.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware open core · MIT Full breakdown ↓
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Composite quality — 45.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.4 / 20

Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 16

Access Clarity 5.5 / 16

Operational Transparency 5.5 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.1 / 8

Open Source Surface 10.0 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · 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 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 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 80 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 20. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 80% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 21

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

Trieve REST API

Production REST API for Trieve Cloud. Organizes resources around organizations, datasets, chunks, chunk groups, files, search, topics, messages, crawls, analytics, events, exper...

Trieve Chunk API

Manage chunks - the individual searchable units of content stored in a dataset - including create, update, delete, get, and bulk operations.

Trieve Chunk Group API

Group chunks into bookmark-style folders for organization, recommendations, and group-scoped search within a dataset.

Trieve Dataset API

Create and configure datasets that hold chunks, chunk groups, and search / RAG configuration for a workload.

Trieve Search API

Run vector, full-text, and hybrid search across a dataset, with filters, boosts, re-ranking, and highlights.

Trieve File API

Upload files (up to 1 GB), extract text, and chunk them into a dataset. Asynchronous - completion is signaled via the Events API.

Trieve Topic API

Topics persist conversational state for generative-AI chat sessions backed by a Trieve dataset.

Trieve Message API

Messages are turns within a topic; the Message API drives RAG completions, streaming responses, and citation-aware chat against a dataset.

Trieve Crawl API

Create and manage web crawls that ingest pages into a dataset for search and RAG.

Trieve Analytics API

Query search and RAG analytics - top queries, no-result queries, latency, click-through, and experiment outcomes.

Trieve Events API

Server-sent notifications about asynchronous work such as file processing, crawl completion, and chunk ingestion.

Trieve Organization API

Manage organizations, roles, and members.

Trieve Auth API

Registration, login, and session handling for Trieve users.

Trieve TypeScript SDK

Official TypeScript / JavaScript client library for the Trieve REST API.

Trieve Python SDK

Official Python client library (trieve-py-client) for the Trieve REST API.

Trieve Open Source Server

Self-hostable Trieve server (Rust / Actix-web), dashboard, search and chat UIs, ingestion / file / delete workers, batch-ETL utilities, pdf2md converter, and Helm charts for Kub...

Trieve Chunk API

The Chunk API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for chunk.

Trieve Dataset API

The Dataset API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for dataset.

Trieve File API

The File API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for file.

Trieve Message API

The Message API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for message.

Trieve Topic API

The Topic API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for topic.

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Open Collections 7

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Trieve REST Chunk API

OPEN COLLECTION

Trieve REST Chunk Dataset API

OPEN COLLECTION

Trieve REST Chunk File API

OPEN COLLECTION

Trieve REST Chunk Message API

OPEN COLLECTION

Trieve REST Chunk Topic API

OPEN COLLECTION

Trieve REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Trieve Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Trieve Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Trieve Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Trieve Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Trieve Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Trieve Agentic Access

5 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: trieve
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trieve/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Trieve
kind: company
description: Trieve (Devflow, Inc.) is an open-source, all-in-one search, recommendations, RAG, and analytics platform delivered
  as a REST API. The backend is written in Rust (Actix-web) and exposes endpoints for managing organizations, datasets, chunks,
  chunk groups, files, search, topics / messages (LLM chat), web crawls, events, analytics, and experiments. Trieve Cloud
  is hosted at api.trieve.ai; the same server can be self-hosted from the devflowinc/trieve repository. Official SDKs are
  published for TypeScript and Python.
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: MIT
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/trieve.png
tags:
- Search
- RAG
- Vector Search
- Hybrid Search
- Recommendations
- Analytics
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- Search
- RAG
- Vector Search
- Hybrid Search
- Recommendations
- Analytics
- Open Source
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: trieve:rest-api
  name: Trieve REST API
  description: Production REST API for Trieve Cloud. Organizes resources around organizations, datasets, chunks, chunk groups,
    files, search, topics, messages, crawls, analytics, events, experiments, and billing. Documented with OpenAPI and rendered
    via Redoc.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - REST
  - OpenAPI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  - type: Redoc
    url: https://api.trieve.ai/redoc
- aid: trieve:chunk
  name: Trieve Chunk API
  description: Manage chunks - the individual searchable units of content stored in a dataset - including create, update,
    delete, get, and bulk operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Chunks
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:chunk-group
  name: Trieve Chunk Group API
  description: Group chunks into bookmark-style folders for organization, recommendations, and group-scoped search within
    a dataset.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Group
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Groups
  - Organization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:dataset
  name: Trieve Dataset API
  description: Create and configure datasets that hold chunks, chunk groups, and search / RAG configuration for a workload.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Datasets
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:search
  name: Trieve Search API
  description: Run vector, full-text, and hybrid search across a dataset, with filters, boosts, re-ranking, and highlights.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Search
  - Hybrid
  - Vectors
  - Full Text
  tags_raw:
  - Search
  - Hybrid
  - Vector
  - Full-Text
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:file
  name: Trieve File API
  description: Upload files (up to 1 GB), extract text, and chunk them into a dataset. Asynchronous - completion is signaled
    via the Events API.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - File
  - Ingestion
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  - Ingestion
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:topic
  name: Trieve Topic API
  description: Topics persist conversational state for generative-AI chat sessions backed by a Trieve dataset.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Topics
  - Chat
  - RAG
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:message
  name: Trieve Message API
  description: Messages are turns within a topic; the Message API drives RAG completions, streaming responses, and citation-aware
    chat against a dataset.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Message
  - RAG
  - Streaming
  tags_raw:
  - Messages
  - RAG
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:crawl
  name: Trieve Crawl API
  description: Create and manage web crawls that ingest pages into a dataset for search and RAG.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Crawl
  - Ingestion
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:analytics
  name: Trieve Analytics API
  description: Query search and RAG analytics - top queries, no-result queries, latency, click-through, and experiment outcomes.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Search Analytics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:events
  name: Trieve Events API
  description: Server-sent notifications about asynchronous work such as file processing, crawl completion, and chunk ingestion.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Event
  - Webhook
  - Async
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  - Webhooks
  - Async
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:organization
  name: Trieve Organization API
  description: Manage organizations, roles, and members.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Organization
  - Admin
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:auth
  name: Trieve Auth API
  description: Registration, login, and session handling for Trieve users.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Identity
  tags_raw:
  - Auth
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
- aid: trieve:typescript-sdk
  name: Trieve TypeScript SDK
  description: Official TypeScript / JavaScript client library for the Trieve REST API.
  humanURL: https://ts-sdk.trieve.ai
  baseURL: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve
  tags:
  - SDK
  - TypeScript
  - JavaScript
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ts-sdk.trieve.ai
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve
- aid: trieve:python-sdk
  name: Trieve Python SDK
  description: Official Python client library (trieve-py-client) for the Trieve REST API.
  humanURL: https://pypi.org/project/trieve-py-client/
  baseURL: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve
  tags:
  - SDK
  - Python
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pypi.org/project/trieve-py-client/
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve
- aid: trieve:open-source
  name: Trieve Open Source Server
  description: Self-hostable Trieve server (Rust / Actix-web), dashboard, search and chat UIs, ingestion / file / delete workers,
    batch-ETL utilities, pdf2md converter, and Helm charts for Kubernetes deployment.
  humanURL: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve
  baseURL: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve
  tags:
  - Open-Source
  - Self-Hosted
  - Rust
  tags_raw:
  - Open Source
  - Self-Hosted
  - Rust
  properties:
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve
- aid: trieve:trieve-chunk-api
  name: Trieve Chunk API
  description: The Chunk API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for chunk.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Chunk
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trieve-chunk-api-openapi.yml
- aid: trieve:trieve-dataset-api
  name: Trieve Dataset API
  description: The Dataset API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for dataset.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Dataset
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trieve-dataset-api-openapi.yml
- aid: trieve:trieve-file-api
  name: Trieve File API
  description: The File API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for file.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - File
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trieve-file-api-openapi.yml
- aid: trieve:trieve-message-api
  name: Trieve Message API
  description: The Message API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for message.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Message
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trieve-message-api-openapi.yml
- aid: trieve:trieve-topic-api
  name: Trieve Topic API
  description: The Topic API from Trieve — 1 operation(s) for topic.
  humanURL: https://docs.trieve.ai/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api.trieve.ai
  tags:
  - Topic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trieve-topic-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/devflowinc/trieve/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/trieve-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/trieve-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/trieve-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://trieve.ai/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.trieve.ai/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/devflowinc
- type: Pricing
  url: https://trieve.ai/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://trieve.ai/blog
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.trieve.ai/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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