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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33.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

7 APIs

Big Data CNCF Cloud-Native Data Engineering Distributed SystemsIn-Memory StorageKubernetes Machine-Learning Metadata Management PythonZero-Copy

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 33.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Contract Governance 3.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.2 / 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 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 7

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

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.

JSON Schema 2

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

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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
tags_raw:
- 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: '0.23'
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
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Name
  tags_raw:
  - 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

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APIs 7

Open Collections 8

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 2

JSON Schema 2

JSON Structure 1

Examples 6

Security Posture 1

Agentic Access 1

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