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Desktop

Score 17.4 / 100 14 providers +18 via APIs 25 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (14)

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

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
OpenworkCompanyAI AgentsOpen Source1 API65.6Amazon WorkSpacesAmazon Web ServicesEnd User ComputingVirtual Desktop1 API55.2
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
API DashAPI ClientOpen SourceFlutter2 APIs47.0BeeperCompanyConsumerMessagingChat1 API47.5
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
MockoonMock ServersMockingTestingREST API1 API32.7OpenFinCompanyFintechFinancial Services27.0Microsoft WindowsDevelopmentMicrosoftOperating System8 APIs36.3
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
RestfoxAPI TestingHTTP ClientBrowser1 API19.8NativeSoftCompanySoftwareREST1 API16.0Desktop CommanderArtificial IntelligenceAutomationProductivity1 API13.9
Minimal 4 Almost no public developer surface
EzyClientsgRPCGUI1 API4.6Command ECompanyArtificial IntelligenceSearchUniversal Search2.6HeyclickyCompanyArtificial IntelligenceAssistantmacOS8.4PhilBuilderCompanyBuild AutomationMobile5.4

APIs with this tag (25)

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Exemplar 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Microsoft Azure Desktop APIThe Desktop API from Microsoft Azure — 2 operation(s) for desktop.78.4E2B Desktop Sandbox SDKSandbox flavor that boots a Linux desktop environment with a noVNC stream and exposes mouse, keyboard, scre...68.1
Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Red5 Core SDKThe Red5 Core SDK is a native client library for building real-time streaming applications on Linux, Window...65.2QuickBooks Desktop APIThe QuickBooks Desktop API allows developers to integrate with QuickBooks Desktop applications using qbXML ...57.7
Developing 12 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Microsoft Project Desktop CSOM APIClient-side object model for programmatically interacting with Microsoft Project desktop applications.53.7Letta CodeLetta's memory-first coding agent — a CLI plus a desktop app (and an action for GitHub repos). "The memory-...53.0Eikon .NET APIs.NET APIs for building custom standalone applications that access Refinitiv Eikon data including real-time ...50.9Adobe Photoshop C++ Plugin SDKA C++ based SDK for building low-level native Photoshop plugins. The SDK enables developers to extend Photo...50.7Adobe Photoshop UXP Plugin APIThe modern plugin development platform for Photoshop, replacing the legacy CEP framework. UXP (Unified Exte...50.7QlikView OCX API (Automation API)ActiveX/COM API for automating QlikView Desktop operations.48.1API DashAPI Dash is an open source AI-powered cross-platform API client built with Flutter for desktop and mobile. ...47.0Eikon Data APIPython library providing access to financial data, news, and symbology from within the Refinitiv Eikon or L...43.8Workspace SDKEnd-to-end financial application development kit that allows developers to design a GUI, power it with mark...43.8Workspace Web Side by Side APIInteroperability API that connects client web applications to LSEG Workspace Web. It allows applications to...43.8Sage 50 Accounts APISage 50 Accounts API enables desktop accounting integration for UK small businesses. Provides access to acc...41.8Signal Desktop SDKSignal-Desktop is the open-source desktop client for the Signal encrypted messaging platform, built with El...41.4
Thin 5 Limited public surface area
agent-native-com Desktop APIThe Desktop API from agent-native-com — 2 operation(s) for desktop.38.3Jitsi Meet Electron SDKElectron toolkit for embedding Jitsi Meet inside a desktop application, including remote control, always-on...33.3MockoonMockoon ships as a desktop application, a CLI, and a serverless package for designing and running mock REST...32.7Granola Desktop & Mobile AppConsumer desktop app (macOS / Windows) and iPhone app that records meeting audio locally, enhances notes wi...32.2Bloomberg Terminal Connect APIEnables synchronization of actions across third-party applications and the Bloomberg Terminal. Allows devel...29.7
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
RestfoxRestfox is a lightweight, offline-first web HTTP client for testing REST APIs, similar to Postman but brows...19.8ElectronElectron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop applications with web technologies (Chromium an...14.9Arc Browser (Desktop)Desktop browser for macOS and Windows, organized around Spaces, Profiles, Tabs, Split View, and Themes. Bui...11.7
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...4.6

Companies reaching this through an API (18)

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 agent-native-com 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
40.7
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
32.7
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
4.1
strength of nearest seed neighbor

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JavaScript 9 co-occurrences REST API 5 co-occurrences Mobile 8 co-occurrences SDK 8 co-occurrences Real-Time 7 co-occurrences Streaming 5 co-occurrences Open Source 11 co-occurrences REST 5 co-occurrences

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