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Desktop

Score 18.7 / 100 11 providers +17 via APIs 24 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (11)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
OpenworkCompanyAI AgentsOpen Source1 API58.5
Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Amazon WorkSpacesEnd User ComputingVirtual DesktopDesktop as a Service1 API52.3BeeperCompanyConsumerMessagingChat1 API45.8API DashAPI ClientOpen SourceFlutter2 APIs45.5
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
Microsoft WindowsDevelopmentMicrosoftOperating System8 APIs37.7MockoonMock ServersMockingTestingREST API1 API32.6OpenFinCompanyFintechFinancial Services26.9
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
RestfoxAPI TestingHTTP ClientBrowser1 API21.1
Minimal 3 Almost no public developer surface
HeyclickyCompanyArtificial IntelligenceAssistantmacOS8.3EzyClientsgRPCGUI1 API6.1Command ECompanyAi MlSearchUniversal Search2.5

APIs with this tag (24)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Microsoft Azure Desktop APIThe Desktop API from Microsoft Azure — 2 operation(s) for desktop.76.1
Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
E2B Desktop Sandbox SDKSandbox flavor that boots a Linux desktop environment with a noVNC stream and exposes mouse, keyboard, scre...65.3Red5 Core SDKThe Red5 Core SDK is a native client library for building real-time streaming applications on Linux, Window...65.1QuickBooks Desktop APIThe QuickBooks Desktop API allows developers to integrate with QuickBooks Desktop applications using qbXML ...59.2
Developing 12 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Adobe Photoshop C++ Plugin SDKA C++ based SDK for building low-level native Photoshop plugins. The SDK enables developers to extend Photo...52.6Adobe Photoshop UXP Plugin APIThe modern plugin development platform for Photoshop, replacing the legacy CEP framework. UXP (Unified Exte...52.6Letta CodeLetta's memory-first coding agent — a CLI plus a desktop app (and an action for GitHub repos). "The memory-...52.4Eikon .NET APIs.NET APIs for building custom standalone applications that access Refinitiv Eikon data including real-time ...49.3Eikon Data APIPython library providing access to financial data, news, and symbology from within the Refinitiv Eikon or L...45.8Workspace SDKEnd-to-end financial application development kit that allows developers to design a GUI, power it with mark...45.8Workspace Web Side by Side APIInteroperability API that connects client web applications to LSEG Workspace Web. It allows applications to...45.8API DashAPI Dash is an open source AI-powered cross-platform API client built with Flutter for desktop and mobile. ...45.5Microsoft Project Desktop CSOM APIClient-side object model for programmatically interacting with Microsoft Project desktop applications.45.1Sage 50 Accounts APISage 50 Accounts API enables desktop accounting integration for UK small businesses. Provides access to acc...42.0QlikView OCX API (Automation API)ActiveX/COM API for automating QlikView Desktop operations.41.7Signal Desktop SDKSignal-Desktop is the open-source desktop client for the Signal encrypted messaging platform, built with El...41.6
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
Granola Desktop & Mobile AppConsumer desktop app (macOS / Windows) and iPhone app that records meeting audio locally, enhances notes wi...33.2Jitsi Meet Electron SDKElectron toolkit for embedding Jitsi Meet inside a desktop application, including remote control, always-on...33.2MockoonMockoon ships as a desktop application, a CLI, and a serverless package for designing and running mock REST...32.6Bloomberg Terminal Connect APIEnables synchronization of actions across third-party applications and the Bloomberg Terminal. Allows devel...31.1
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
RestfoxRestfox is a lightweight, offline-first web HTTP client for testing REST APIs, similar to Postman but brows...21.1ElectronElectron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop applications with web technologies (Chromium an...16.4Arc Browser (Desktop)Desktop browser for macOS and Windows, organized around Spaces, Profiles, Tabs, Split View, and Themes. Bui...16.3
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
Ezyezy is a graphical gRPC and gRPC-Web client for testing and debugging gRPC services with an intuitive deskt...6.1

Companies reaching this through an API (17)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Desktop” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Adobe Photoshop Arc (The Browser Company) Bloomberg Professional Service E2B Granola Intuit Jitsi Letta Microsoft Azure Microsoft Project OpenJS Foundation QlikView Red5 Refinitiv Refinitiv Eikon Sage Signal

Score breakdown

Frequency
41.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
37.6
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
4.3
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

JavaScript 9 co-occurrences Admin 5 co-occurrences REST API 5 co-occurrences Mobile 7 co-occurrences SDK 8 co-occurrences Real-Time 7 co-occurrences Streaming 5 co-occurrences Open Source 10 co-occurrences

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