Unidesk

Unidesk was a Marlborough, Massachusetts software company backed by Matrix Partners that pioneered application layering for virtual desktop infrastructure, packaging Windows applications and operating-system components into shareable virtual disk layers. Citrix acquired Unidesk in January 2017 and the technology lives on as Citrix App Layering. unidesk.com now 301-redirects to the Citrix App Layering product page, the GitHub organization has been dormant since the acquisition, and the company maintains no standalone API surface of its own.

Unidesk is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Infrastructure, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, and Application Layering.

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7.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyInfrastructureVirtualizationDesktop VirtualizationApplication LayeringVDIAcquired

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scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 7.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: unidesk
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/unidesk.png
name: Unidesk
description: Unidesk was a Marlborough, Massachusetts software company backed by Matrix Partners that pioneered application
  layering for virtual desktop infrastructure, packaging Windows applications and operating-system components into shareable
  virtual disk layers. Citrix acquired Unidesk in January 2017 and the technology lives on as Citrix App Layering. unidesk.com
  now 301-redirects to the Citrix App Layering product page, the GitHub organization has been dormant since the acquisition,
  and the company maintains no standalone API surface of its own.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/unidesk/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- matrix-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-acquired-by: citrix
x-acquired-date: 2017-01
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 3
  pass: local-v1
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Infrastructure
- Virtualization
- Desktop Virtualization
- Application Layering
- VDI
- Acquired
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/unidesk-domain-security.yml
- name: Website (redirects to Citrix App Layering)
  type: Website
  url: https://www.unidesk.com
- name: GitHub Organization (dormant since acquisition)
  type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Unidesk
- name: Packages (no first-party libraries; community SDK only)
  type: Packages
  url: packages/unidesk-packages.yml
- name: llms.txt (generated from catalog profile)
  type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/unidesk-llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io