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Vineyard

Vineyard (v6d) is an in-memory immutable data manager developed under CNCF TAG-Storage. It provides efficient zero-copy data sharing across distributed systems for big data analytics, machine learning, and data-intensive workflows. Vineyard enables seamless object sharing between computation engines through a metadata-payload separation architecture, supporting Python, C++, Rust, and Go clients. The Vineyard Operator provides Kubernetes-native deployment with CRDs for managing clusters, sidecars, backups, and data operations.

Vineyard publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Blobs API, Connection API, Metadata API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Big Data, CNCF, Cloud Native, Data Engineering, and Distributed Systems.

The Vineyard catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Vineyard’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, getting-started guide, and 10 more developer resources.

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47.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
7 APIs
Big DataCNCFCloud NativeData EngineeringDistributed SystemsIn-Memory StorageKubernetesMachine LearningMetadata ManagementPythonZero-Copy

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 47.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 7

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

Vineyard Kubernetes Operator

The Vineyard Kubernetes Operator manages vineyard cluster lifecycle and orchestrates shared objects on Kubernetes. It defines CRDs including Vineyardd, Sidecar, GlobalObject, Lo...

Vineyard Blobs API

Low-level blob storage operations

Vineyard Connection API

Connect to and disconnect from a vineyard server

Vineyard Metadata API

Inspect and manage object metadata

Vineyard Names API

Associate human-readable names with object IDs

Vineyard Objects API

Store and retrieve in-memory objects

Vineyard Persistence API

Persist objects for cross-instance visibility

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Open Collections 1

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

Vineyard Python Client API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Vineyard Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vineyard Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Vineyard Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Vineyard Context

0 classes · 24 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Vineyard API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Vineyard API Rules

8 rules · 3 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Vineyard Object Metadata

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Vineyard Object

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Vineyard Object Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Vineyard Connect To Server Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Vineyard Get By Name Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Vineyard Get Object Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Vineyard Get Object Metadata Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Vineyard Put Name Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Vineyard Put Object Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Vineyard Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Vineyard Agentic Access

10 operations · 6 acting

10 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Kubernetes CRDs 7

Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions published by this provider.

backup crd

CRD

globalobject crd

CRD

localobject crd

CRD

operation crd

CRD

recover crd

CRD

sidecar crd

CRD

vineyardd crd

CRD

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Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 SpectralRules
SpectralRules

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg
 GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: vineyard
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/vineyard.png
name: Vineyard
description: Vineyard (v6d) is an in-memory immutable data manager developed under CNCF TAG-Storage. It provides efficient
  zero-copy data sharing across distributed systems for big data analytics, machine learning, and data-intensive workflows.
  Vineyard enables seamless object sharing between computation engines through a metadata-payload separation architecture,
  supporting Python, C++, Rust, and Go clients. The Vineyard Operator provides Kubernetes-native deployment with CRDs for
  managing clusters, sidecars, backups, and data operations.
type: Index
url: https://v6d.io/
tags:
- Big Data
- CNCF
- Cloud Native
- Data Engineering
- Distributed Systems
- In-Memory Storage
- Kubernetes
- Machine Learning
- Metadata Management
- Python
- Zero-Copy
created: '2025'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: vineyard:vineyard-kubernetes-operator
  name: Vineyard Kubernetes Operator
  description: The Vineyard Kubernetes Operator manages vineyard cluster lifecycle and orchestrates shared objects on Kubernetes.
    It defines CRDs including Vineyardd, Sidecar, GlobalObject, LocalObject, Backup, Recover, Operation, and CSIDriver for
    deploying and managing Vineyard in cloud-native environments.
  humanURL: https://v6d.io/notes/cloud-native/vineyard-operator.html
  tags:
  - Kubernetes
  - Operator
  - Cloud Native
  - CNCF
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/cloud-native/vineyard-operator.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/references/crds.html
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/vineyardd-crd.yaml
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/localobject-crd.yaml
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/globalobject-crd.yaml
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/sidecar-crd.yaml
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/operation-crd.yaml
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/backup-crd.yaml
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: crd/recover-crd.yaml
- aid: vineyard:vineyard-blobs-api
  name: Vineyard Blobs API
  description: Low-level blob storage operations
  humanURL: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  tags:
  - Blobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vineyard-blobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/getting-started.html
- aid: vineyard:vineyard-connection-api
  name: Vineyard Connection API
  description: Connect to and disconnect from a vineyard server
  humanURL: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  tags:
  - Connection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vineyard-connection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/getting-started.html
- aid: vineyard:vineyard-metadata-api
  name: Vineyard Metadata API
  description: Inspect and manage object metadata
  humanURL: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vineyard-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/getting-started.html
- aid: vineyard:vineyard-names-api
  name: Vineyard Names API
  description: Associate human-readable names with object IDs
  humanURL: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  tags:
  - Names
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vineyard-names-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/getting-started.html
- aid: vineyard:vineyard-objects-api
  name: Vineyard Objects API
  description: Store and retrieve in-memory objects
  humanURL: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  tags:
  - Objects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vineyard-objects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/getting-started.html
- aid: vineyard:vineyard-persistence-api
  name: Vineyard Persistence API
  description: Persist objects for cross-instance visibility
  humanURL: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  tags:
  - Persistence
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vineyard-persistence-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/references/python-api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://v6d.io/notes/getting-started.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/vineyard-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vineyard-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vineyard-vines
- type: Website
  url: https://v6d.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://v6d.io/docs.html
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/v6d-io
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/v6d-io/v6d
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://v6d.io/notes/getting-started.html
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/vineyard-object-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/vineyard-metadata-schema.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/vineyard-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/vineyard-vocabulary.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/vineyard-rules.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com