Helium Network

Helium operates two decentralized wireless networks - a global LoRaWAN network for low-power IoT devices and a cellular + Wi-Fi offload network for mobile connectivity (Helium Mobile). The network is settled on the Solana blockchain with HNT, IOT, and MOBILE tokens. Developer surface includes the Helium Console / LoRaWAN Network Server APIs used to onboard devices and stream uplinks, on-chain Solana programs for the Helium DAO and rewards, the open-source Helium-Program-Library and helium-wallet SDKs, and partner-operated Network Servers (e.g. Nova Labs, MeteoScientific).

Helium Network is listed with 5 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Wireless, IoT, LoRaWAN, 5G, and DePIN.

Helium Network’s developer surface includes engineering blog, documentation, GitHub presence, and 14 more developer resources.

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19.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 1/100 human only Heartbeat 100/100 alive self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
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5 APIs

Wireless IoT LoRaWAN 5G DePIN Solana Cryptocurrency

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-02 · rubric v0.26.0

Composite quality — 19.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 1.8 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.6 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.9 / 8

Regulatory Posture 0.9 / 15

Open Source Surface 6.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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

Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document
MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
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)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes

12 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Contract Quality scores 0.0 — up to +25.0 composite points
Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 11.9 — up to +17.6 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
LF Decentralized Trust (Hyperledger) Members and Projects (enterprise blockchain, digital identity, CBDC)	standard	17.2 (thin)	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

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.

LoRaWAN

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

APIs 5

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

Helium Console / LoRaWAN Network Server API

REST + WebSocket / MQTT integration surface exposed by Helium-compatible LoRaWAN Network Servers (e.g. Nova Labs Console) for provisioning IoT devices, managing organizations an...

Helium Program Library (Solana)

Open-source Solana on-chain programs and TypeScript client SDKs powering the Helium DAO, sub-DAOs, HNT / IOT / MOBILE token emissions, hotspot onboarding (HEM), and rewards dist...

Helium Wallet CLI (Rust)

Reference Rust command-line wallet for managing Helium accounts, tokens, and hotspot operations on Solana. Used by hotspot operators and integrators.

Helium Protobuf Definitions

Canonical protocol buffer definitions for Helium message formats used across packet routing, oracles, and rewards. Required when implementing Helium-compatible services or tooling.

Helium Documentation Repository

Source repository for docs.helium.com, covering the Mobile and IoT networks, tokens, wallets, and network-data resources. Useful as the authoritative pointer to per-vendor Netwo...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Helium Network Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Helium Network Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Helium Network Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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

Helium Network Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

License

License

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

PublicAPIsListing

PublicAPIsListing

Foundation

Foundation

Source (apis.yml)

aid: helium-network
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/helium-network/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Helium Network
kind: company
description: Helium operates two decentralized wireless networks - a global LoRaWAN network for low-power IoT devices and
  a cellular + Wi-Fi offload network for mobile connectivity (Helium Mobile). The network is settled on the Solana blockchain
  with HNT, IOT, and MOBILE tokens. Developer surface includes the Helium Console / LoRaWAN Network Server APIs used to onboard
  devices and stream uplinks, on-chain Solana programs for the Helium DAO and rewards, the open-source Helium-Program-Library
  and helium-wallet SDKs, and partner-operated Network Servers (e.g. Nova Labs, MeteoScientific).
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-02'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/helium-network.png
x-docs-platform: docusaurus
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-03
tags:
- Wireless
- IoT
- LoRaWAN
- 5G
- DePIN
- Solana
- Cryptocurrency
tags_raw:
- Wireless
- IoT
- LoRaWAN
- 5G
- DePIN
- Solana
- Crypto
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: helium-network:console-lns
  name: Helium Console / LoRaWAN Network Server API
  description: REST + WebSocket / MQTT integration surface exposed by Helium-compatible LoRaWAN Network Servers (e.g. Nova
    Labs Console) for provisioning IoT devices, managing organizations and labels, configuring integrations, and receiving
    uplink and join events from end devices on the Helium IoT network.
  humanURL: https://docs.helium.com/iot/lorawan-network-servers
  baseURL: https://docs.helium.com/iot/lorawan-network-servers
  tags:
  - IoT
  - LoRaWAN
  - Devices
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - IoT
  - LoRaWAN
  - Devices
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.helium.com/iot/lorawan-network-servers
- aid: helium-network:helium-program-library
  name: Helium Program Library (Solana)
  description: Open-source Solana on-chain programs and TypeScript client SDKs powering the Helium DAO, sub-DAOs, HNT / IOT
    / MOBILE token emissions, hotspot onboarding (HEM), and rewards distribution. Used by integrators that need to read or
    write Helium on-chain state.
  humanURL: https://github.com/helium/helium-program-library
  baseURL: https://github.com/helium/helium-program-library
  tags:
  - Solana
  - Smart Contracts
  - SDK
  - TypeScript
  properties:
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/helium/helium-program-library
- aid: helium-network:helium-wallet-rs
  name: Helium Wallet CLI (Rust)
  description: Reference Rust command-line wallet for managing Helium accounts, tokens, and hotspot operations on Solana.
    Used by hotspot operators and integrators.
  humanURL: https://github.com/helium/helium-wallet-rs
  baseURL: https://github.com/helium/helium-wallet-rs
  tags:
  - Wallets
  - CLI
  - Rust
  - Solana
  tags_raw:
  - Wallet
  - CLI
  - Rust
  - Solana
  properties:
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/helium/helium-wallet-rs
- aid: helium-network:proto
  name: Helium Protobuf Definitions
  description: Canonical protocol buffer definitions for Helium message formats used across packet routing, oracles, and rewards.
    Required when implementing Helium-compatible services or tooling.
  humanURL: https://github.com/helium/proto
  baseURL: https://github.com/helium/proto
  tags:
  - Protobuf
  - Protocol
  - Schema
  tags_raw:
  - Protobuf
  - Protocol
  - Schemas
  properties:
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/helium/proto
- aid: helium-network:docs-repo
  name: Helium Documentation Repository
  description: Source repository for docs.helium.com, covering the Mobile and IoT networks, tokens, wallets, and network-data
    resources. Useful as the authoritative pointer to per-vendor Network Server APIs and integration patterns.
  humanURL: https://github.com/helium/docs
  baseURL: https://github.com/helium/docs
  tags:
  - Documentation
  - Reference
  properties:
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/helium/docs
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/helium-network-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/helium-network-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/helium-network-finops.yml
- url: https://www.helium.com/blog
  type: Blog
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/helium/helium-program-library/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/helium/helium-program-library/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/helium/helium-program-library/blob/master/SECURITY.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/helium/helium-program-library/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/helium-network-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.helium.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.hellohelium.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.helium.com/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/helium
- type: Foundation
  url: https://www.helium.foundation/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/helium-systems-inc-
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.helium.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Helium Network API — frequently asked questions

Does Helium Network have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Helium Network, including Helium Console / LoRaWAN Network Server API, Helium Program Library (Solana) and Helium Wallet CLI (Rust), and 2 more.

How much does the Helium Network API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Helium Network, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing Plans on this page.

Is the Helium Network API ready for AI agents?

Helium Network has a Kin Score of 19.1 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 0.6 (human-only), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-02.

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