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Vacuum

Vacuum is the world's fastest and most versatile OpenAPI linter and toolkit, built in Go for validating and linting API specifications at scale. It is 100% compatible with Spectral rulesets and supports OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2.

Vacuum publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include API Design, Documentation, Linting, OpenAPI, and Spectral.

The Vacuum catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Vacuum’s developer surface includes documentation and 10 more developer resources.

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31.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
API DesignDocumentationLintingOpenAPISpectralDeveloper ToolsGo

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 31.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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 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
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APIs 1

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

Vacuum

Vacuum is the world's fastest OpenAPI linter written in Go. It processes API specifications at lightning speed with full Spectral ruleset compatibility, interactive dashboards, ...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Vacuum Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vacuum Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Vacuum Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Vacuum Context

17 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Vacuum API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Vacuum Report

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Vacuum Ruleset

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Vacuum Ruleset Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Vacuum Ruleset Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Vacuum Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository
 NPM Package
NPM Package

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Discord
Discord

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Docker Image
Docker Image

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: vacuum
name: Vacuum
description: Vacuum is the world's fastest and most versatile OpenAPI linter and toolkit, built in Go for validating and linting
  API specifications at scale. It is 100% compatible with Spectral rulesets and supports OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/vacuum.png
tags:
- API Design
- Documentation
- Linting
- OpenAPI
- Spectral
- Developer Tools
- Go
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacuum/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-05-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: vacuum:vacuum
  name: Vacuum
  description: Vacuum is the world's fastest OpenAPI linter written in Go. It processes API specifications at lightning speed
    with full Spectral ruleset compatibility, interactive dashboards, HTML reports, and Language Server Protocol support.
  humanURL: https://quobix.com/vacuum
  tags:
  - API Linting
  - OpenAPI
  - Spectral
  - Documentation
  - Developer Tools
  - CI/CD
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://quobix.com/vacuum/about
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://quobix.com/vacuum/start
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/daveshanley/vacuum
  - type: Docker
    url: https://hub.docker.com/r/dshanley/vacuum
  - type: NPM
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@quobix/vacuum
  features:
  - name: OpenAPI Linting
    description: Validate and lint OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2 specifications
  - name: Spectral Compatibility
    description: 100% compatible with existing Spectral rulesets
  - name: Interactive Dashboard
    description: Console UI for exploring violations and rules interactively
  - name: HTML Reports
    description: Generate browser-viewable HTML linting reports
  - name: Vacuum Sealed Reports
    description: Portable report snapshots that can be re-rendered without re-running analysis
  - name: Language Server Protocol
    description: LSP support for IDE integration including VSCode
  - name: Custom Rules
    description: Create custom rulesets in Go or JavaScript
  - name: OWASP Security Rules
    description: Built-in OWASP API security rule support
  - name: Overlay Support
    description: Apply non-destructive modifications to specs using OpenAPI Overlays
  - name: Auto-fixing
    description: Automatically resolve certain rule violations
  - name: Change Detection
    description: Detect changes between OpenAPI spec versions
  - name: Bundle
    description: Combine exploded OpenAPI specs into single files
  - name: GitHub Actions
    description: Native GitHub Actions integration for CI/CD pipelines
  useCases:
  - name: CI/CD Pipeline Integration
    description: Enforce OpenAPI quality standards in automated build pipelines
  - name: Enterprise API Governance
    description: Validate large collections of API specs across an organization
  - name: API Design Reviews
    description: Automated quality checks during API design and development
  - name: Spectral Migration
    description: Drop-in replacement for Spectral with better performance
  integrations:
  - name: GitHub Actions
    description: CI/CD integration via official GitHub Action
    url: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/vacuum-openapi-linter
  - name: VSCode
    description: IDE plugin via Language Server Protocol
  - name: Spectral
    description: Compatible with Spectral rulesets and report formats
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vacuum-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://quobix.com/vacuum
- type: Documentation
  url: https://quobix.com/vacuum/about
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/daveshanley
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/daveshanley/vacuum
- type: NPM Package
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@quobix/vacuum
- type: Docker Image
  url: https://hub.docker.com/r/dshanley/vacuum
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/UAcUF78MQN
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacuum/refs/heads/main/json-schema/vacuum-ruleset-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacuum/refs/heads/main/json-schema/vacuum-report-schema.json
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vacuum/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vacuum-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com