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Vitess

Vitess is a CNCF graduated database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL through generalized sharding. It provides MySQL protocol compatibility, automated resharding, query routing, and connection pooling, making it suitable for running large-scale MySQL deployments on Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.

Vitess publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: VTAdmin API. Tagged areas include Cloud Native, CNCF, Database, Distributed Systems, and Graduated.

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

Vitess’ developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, Stack Overflow tag, and 13 more developer resources.

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43.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumApproval
4 APIs
Cloud NativeCNCFDatabaseDistributed SystemsGraduatedMySQLSharding

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Composite quality — 43.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 10.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 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 4

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

Vitess VTGate API

VTGate is the stateless proxy that routes queries to the appropriate VTTablet instances. It exposes a MySQL-compatible interface and a gRPC API that clients use to interact with...

Vitess VTAdmin API

VTAdmin is the administrative web application and REST API for managing Vitess clusters. It provides endpoints for inspecting cluster topology, tablets, keyspaces, shards, schem...

Vitess VTCtld API

VTCtld is the Vitess topology management daemon that exposes a gRPC and HTTP API for administrative operations on the cluster topology including creating and managing keyspaces,...

Vitess VReplication API

VReplication is the Vitess framework for replicating and transforming data streams within and across Vitess clusters. It powers features such as MoveTables, Reshard, Materialize...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Vitess Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vitess Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Vitess Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Vitess Context

0 classes · 9 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Vitess API Rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Vitess API Rules

9 rules · 2 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Vitess Topology

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Vitess Tablet Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Vitess Vtadmin Gettablets Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Vitess Vtadmin Getworkflows Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Vitess Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 OpenAPI
OpenAPI
 Documentation
Documentation

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 JSONStructure
JSONStructure
 SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Security
Security

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community
Community
 Slack
Slack
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 StackOverflow
StackOverflow

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: vitess
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Requires approval
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/vitess.png
name: Vitess
description: Vitess is a CNCF graduated database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL through generalized sharding.
  It provides MySQL protocol compatibility, automated resharding, query routing, and connection pooling, making it suitable
  for running large-scale MySQL deployments on Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.
type: Index
url: https://vitess.io
tags:
- Cloud Native
- CNCF
- Database
- Distributed Systems
- Graduated
- MySQL
- Sharding
created: '2025'
modified: '2026-05-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: vitess:vtgate-api
  name: Vitess VTGate API
  description: VTGate is the stateless proxy that routes queries to the appropriate VTTablet instances. It exposes a MySQL-compatible
    interface and a gRPC API that clients use to interact with the Vitess cluster, handling query routing, scatter queries,
    and transaction management across shards.
  humanURL: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/programs/vtgate/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/programs/vtgate/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/query-serving/
  tags:
  - gRPC
  - MySQL
  - Proxy
  - Query Routing
  - SQL
- aid: vitess:vtadmin-api
  name: Vitess VTAdmin API
  description: VTAdmin is the administrative web application and REST API for managing Vitess clusters. It provides endpoints
    for inspecting cluster topology, tablets, keyspaces, shards, schemas, and VReplication workflows, and serves as the backend
    for the VTAdmin web UI.
  humanURL: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/programs/vtadmin/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/programs/vtadmin/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/vtadmin/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vitess-vtadmin-openapi.yml
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Cluster Management
  - REST
  - Web UI
- aid: vitess:vtctld-api
  name: Vitess VTCtld API
  description: VTCtld is the Vitess topology management daemon that exposes a gRPC and HTTP API for administrative operations
    on the cluster topology including creating and managing keyspaces, shards, tablets, and executing maintenance operations
    such as planned reparents and emergency reparents.
  humanURL: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/programs/vtctld/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/programs/vtctld/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/vtctl/
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Cluster Management
  - gRPC
  - Topology
- aid: vitess:vreplication-api
  name: Vitess VReplication API
  description: VReplication is the Vitess framework for replicating and transforming data streams within and across Vitess
    clusters. It powers features such as MoveTables, Reshard, Materialize, and CreateLookupVindex and exposes workflow management
    commands through the VTCtl API for orchestrating data migrations and real-time replication workflows.
  humanURL: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/vreplication/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/vreplication/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://vitess.io/docs/reference/vreplication/vreplication/
  tags:
  - Data Migration
  - Replication
  - Streaming
  - Workflows
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vitess-domain-security.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/vitess-topology-schema.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/vitess-context.jsonld
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/vitess-tablet-structure.json
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/vitess-vtadmin-openapi.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/vitess-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/vitess-vocabulary.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://vitess.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://vitess.io/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://vitess.io/docs/get-started/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/vitessio
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess
- type: Blog
  url: https://vitess.io/blog/
- type: Community
  url: https://vitess.io/community/
- type: Slack
  url: https://vitess.io/slack
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/main/changelog/
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vitess
- type: Security
  url: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/main/SECURITY.md
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com