ZeroTier

ZeroTier, Inc. builds a software-defined networking (SDN) overlay that securely connects devices, servers, clouds, and networks anywhere in the world as if they were on the same local LAN, without the complexity of traditional VPNs, port forwarding, or firewall changes. The platform combines a peer-to-peer, end-to-end encrypted transport with a hosted control plane (ZeroTier Central) for network, member, organization, and access management. Developers automate ZeroTier through the hosted Central API (create and manage virtual networks, authorize members, set flow rules and IAM), the local ZeroTier One Service/Client API on each node, a Terraform provider, first-party client libraries, webhooks for real-time organization events, and a growing focus on post-quantum ("ZeroTier Quantum") secure networking.

ZeroTier publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Controller API, Network API, Network Member API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Company, Networking, Software Defined Networking, SDN, and VPN.

The ZeroTier catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

ZeroTier’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, quickstart, support, engineering blog, and 37 more developer resources.

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68.1/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware Front door AI 3/6 light Heartbeat 57/100 slowing saas Full breakdown ↓
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2 published contracts 2 Agent Skills

Company Networking Software Defined Networking SDN VPN Security ConnectivityOverlay NetworkZero Trust Infrastructure

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

controllernetwork

POST /network POST /network/{networkID} GET /controller GET /controller/network

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 68.1/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 10.2 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 11.2 / 15

Access Clarity 14.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 5.1 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.3 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 54.5 — up to +11.4 composite points
Contract Governance scores 18.2 — up to +9.8 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 52.6 — up to +6.2 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Cloud Security Attestation and Secure-by-Design	builds-on	39.8	-	-
Infrastructure-as-Code Provider Registries (Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi)	builds-on	39.8	-	-
Common Criteria Certified Products (ISO/IEC 15408, NIAP Product Compliant List)	builds-on	39.8	-	-
Configuration-Management Content Registries (Ansible Galaxy, Chef Supermarket)	builds-on	39.8	-	-
NIST CMVP FIPS 140 Validated Cryptographic Modules (FIPS 140-1 / 140-2 / 140-3)	builds-on	39.8	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 3

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Software-Defined Networking

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

VPN

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 8

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

ZeroTier Controller API

The controller API from ZeroTier — 6 operation(s) for controller.

ZeroTier Network API

Network operations

ZeroTier Network Member API

Network member operations

ZeroTier Organizations API

Organization management. Note: Organizations require a paid account and cannot be created via the API

ZeroTier Peer API

peer status

ZeroTier Status API

status

ZeroTier User API

User management operations

ZeroTier Util API

Utility endpoints

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Postman Collections 8

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

ZeroTier Central controller API

POSTMAN

ZeroTier Central controller network API

POSTMAN

ZeroTier Central controller network-member API

POSTMAN

ZeroTier Central controller organizations API

POSTMAN

ZeroTier Central controller peer API

POSTMAN

ZeroTier Central controller status API

POSTMAN

ZeroTier Central controller user API

POSTMAN

ZeroTier Central controller util API

POSTMAN

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Open Collections 8

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

ZeroTier Central controller API

OPEN COLLECTION

ZeroTier Central controller network API

OPEN COLLECTION

ZeroTier Central controller network-member API

OPEN COLLECTION

ZeroTier Central controller organizations API

OPEN COLLECTION

ZeroTier Central controller peer API

OPEN COLLECTION

ZeroTier Central controller status API

OPEN COLLECTION

ZeroTier Central controller user API

OPEN COLLECTION

ZeroTier Central controller util API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Create a ZeroTier network and authorize a member

AGENT SKILL

Manage a ZeroTier organization and its members

AGENT SKILL

ZeroTier API pricing

Prices published by ZeroTier, read 2026-09-20 from www.zerotier.com/pricing/. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Personal	Free Includes: 10 devices, one network; one network admin; personal non-commercial use
Essential	$18 Per Month Includes: 10 included devices, 10 networks, five admins
Scale	$179 Per Month Includes: 100 included devices, unlimited networks, 10 network admins
Enterprise	Custom Includes: Sized for 500+ devices, unlimited networks and admins
ZeroTier Quantum	Custom

Plan details, limits and sources →

Billed by: subscription · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Zerotier Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Zerotier Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

ZeroTier

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Zerotier Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Zerotier Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

ZeroTier API Rules

62 rules · 49 errors 8 warnings 5 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 2

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Zerotier Central Overlay

1 action · update · zerotier-central-openapi-original.json

DERIVED

Zerotier Service Overlay

1 action · update · zerotier-service-openapi-original.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 4

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

Zerotier Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Zerotier Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Zerotier Vulnerability Disclosure

contact published

SECURITY

Zerotier Trust Center

SOC 2 Type II

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Zerotier Agentic Access

38 operations · 16 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

38 operations · 16 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

Quickstart

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conventions

DataModel

Webhooks

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

Authentication

TrustCenter

Compliance

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

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Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

ChangeLog

SLA

Deprecation

ChangeLog

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Glossary

Glossary

Source (apis.yml)

aid: zerotier
name: ZeroTier
description: ZeroTier, Inc. builds a software-defined networking (SDN) overlay that securely connects devices, servers, clouds,
  and networks anywhere in the world as if they were on the same local LAN, without the complexity of traditional VPNs, port
  forwarding, or firewall changes. The platform combines a peer-to-peer, end-to-end encrypted transport with a hosted control
  plane (ZeroTier Central) for network, member, organization, and access management. Developers automate ZeroTier through
  the hosted Central API (create and manage virtual networks, authorize members, set flow rules and IAM), the local ZeroTier
  One Service/Client API on each node, a Terraform provider, first-party client libraries, webhooks for real-time organization
  events, and a growing focus on post-quantum ("ZeroTier Quantum") secure networking.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zerotier/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4173285?v=4
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
x-docs-platform: docusaurus
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
tags:
- Company
- Networking
- Software Defined Networking
- SDN
- VPN
- Security
- Connectivity
- Overlay Network
- Zero Trust
- Infrastructure
tags_raw:
- Company
- Networking
- Software-Defined Networking
- SDN
- VPN
- Security
- Connectivity
- Overlay Network
- Zero Trust
- Infrastructure
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: zerotier:zerotier-controller-api
  name: ZeroTier Controller API
  description: The controller API from ZeroTier — 6 operation(s) for controller.
  humanURL: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
  baseURL: https://api.zerotier.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Controller
  tags_raw:
  - controller
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zerotier-controller-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zerotier:zerotier-network-api
  name: ZeroTier Network API
  description: Network operations
  humanURL: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
  baseURL: https://api.zerotier.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Networks
  tags_raw:
  - network
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zerotier-network-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zerotier:zerotier-network-member-api
  name: ZeroTier Network Member API
  description: Network member operations
  humanURL: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
  baseURL: https://api.zerotier.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - network-member
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zerotier-network-member-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zerotier:zerotier-organizations-api
  name: ZeroTier Organizations API
  description: 'Organization management. Note: Organizations require a paid account and cannot be created via the API'
  humanURL: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
  baseURL: https://api.zerotier.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zerotier-organizations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zerotier:zerotier-peer-api
  name: ZeroTier Peer API
  description: peer status
  humanURL: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
  baseURL: https://api.zerotier.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - peer
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zerotier-peer-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zerotier:zerotier-status-api
  name: ZeroTier Status API
  description: status
  humanURL: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
  baseURL: https://api.zerotier.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Status
  tags_raw:
  - status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zerotier-status-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zerotier:zerotier-user-api
  name: ZeroTier User API
  description: User management operations
  humanURL: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
  baseURL: https://api.zerotier.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - user
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zerotier-user-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zerotier:zerotier-util-api
  name: ZeroTier Util API
  description: Utility endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
  baseURL: https://api.zerotier.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Util
  tags_raw:
  - util
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zerotier-util-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/zerotier-plans-pricing.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/zerotier-capability-edges.yml
  name: ZeroTier Business Capability Map
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/zerotier-central-overlay.yaml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/zerotier/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/zerotier-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/zerotier-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zerotier-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/zerotier-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/enterprise/developers/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.zerotier.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.zerotier.com/api/central/new/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.zerotier.com/start/
- type: Quickstart
  url: https://docs.zerotier.com/quickstart/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/support/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/zerotier
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/pricing/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://my.zerotier.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://my.zerotier.com/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/tos/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/privacy-policy/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.zerotier.com
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.zerotier.com
- type: Compliance
  url: https://docs.zerotier.com/security/
- type: Security
  url: https://docs.zerotier.com/security/
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/zerotier-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.zerotier.com/changelog/
- type: SLA
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/sla/
- type: Glossary
  url: https://www.zerotier.com/glossary/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/zerotier-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/zerotier-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/zerotier-cli.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/zerotier-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/zerotier-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/zerotier-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/zerotier-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/zerotier-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/zerotier-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/zerotier-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/zerotier-data-model.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  name: ZeroTier Changelog (artifact)
  url: changelog/zerotier-changelog.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/zerotier-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 22
  pass: local-v1

ZeroTier API — frequently asked questions

Does ZeroTier have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from ZeroTier, including ZeroTier Controller API, ZeroTier Network API and ZeroTier Network Member API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the ZeroTier API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for ZeroTier, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the ZeroTier API?

ZeroTier uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Zerotier Authentication.

How much does the ZeroTier API cost?

ZeroTier publishes its prices; its Essential plan is $18 Per Month as of 2026-09-20. APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for ZeroTier, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the ZeroTier API ready for AI agents?

ZeroTier has a Kin Score of 68.1 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 26.4 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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