# Ximian

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ximian/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Ximian was a Boston-based open source software company founded on October 19, 1999 by Miguel de Icaza and Nat Friedman -- originally incorporated as International GNOME Support, then Helix Code, and renamed Ximian in January 2001. It advanced the GNOME desktop, built the Evolution email and collaboration client and Ximian Connector, ran the Red Carpet software-update service, and launched the Mono open source .NET implementation. Surfaced via the Battery Ventures portfolio, Ximian was acquired by Novell on August 4, 2003 to strengthen Novell's enterprise Linux business; after Attachmate acquired Novell in 2011 the founders went on to create Xamarin (acquired by Microsoft in 2016). Ximian no longer operates: www.ximian.com still resolves on Novell infrastructure but permanently redirects every path to novell.com/linux/ximian.html, which forwards to suse.com -- there is no live website, developer portal, or public API surface. This profile is retained as a historical identity record.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Open-Source, Linux, GNOME, Email, Developer Tools, Acquired, Defunct

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ximian/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.