# ZincSearch

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/zincsearch/  
**Website:** https://zincsearch.com  
**APIs profiled:** 2

ZincSearch is an open source, self-hosted, lightweight full-text search engine written in Go (Apache 2.0) with an Elasticsearch-compatible ingestion and search API, built by Zinc Labs. The company now develops OpenObserve as its successor, and zincsearch.com redirects to openobserve.ai.

## Kin Score — 40.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: rising (+11.1 from 28.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.3 |
| Contract Quality | 54.5 |
| Contract Governance | 22.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 18.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 41.7 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 20.6 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 22.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| 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 |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | no |
| Operation Distinctiveness | mostly |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

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

## APIs (8)

- **ZincSearch Document API** — The Document API from ZincSearch — 7 operation(s) for document.
- **ZincSearch Healthz API** — The Healthz API from ZincSearch — 1 operation(s) for healthz.
- **ZincSearch Index API** — The Index API from ZincSearch — 14 operation(s) for index.
- **ZincSearch Permission API** — The Permission API from ZincSearch — 1 operation(s) for permission.
- **ZincSearch Role API** — The Role API from ZincSearch — 2 operation(s) for role.
- **ZincSearch Search API** — The Search API from ZincSearch — 4 operation(s) for search.
- **ZincSearch User API** — The User API from ZincSearch — 4 operation(s) for user.
- **ZincSearch Version API** — The Version API from ZincSearch — 1 operation(s) for version.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Zincsearch Agentic Access** — 48 operations · 28 acting

## Security (2)

- **Zincsearch Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Zincsearch Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Tags

Company, Search, Full-Text Search, Open Source, Self-Hosted, Elasticsearch Compatible

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