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Firmware

Score 18.8 / 100 17 providers +8 via APIs 18 APIs Search apis.io →
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Business capabilities this tag reaches
Information Technology Management 2 Connected Product & Firmware Management 1

Providers using this tag (17)

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

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
ParticleIoTCellularWi-FiBluetooth2 APIs62.2
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
AvnetFortune 500ElectronicsComponentsSupply Chain23 APIs53.3GoliothIoTDevice ManagementZephyr1 API48.0MemfaultAlertsAndroidCrash ReportingDevice Management1 API40.0CesantaCompanyIoTEmbeddedDevice Management1 API39.6
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
AferoCompanyIoTIoT PlatformConnected Devices1 API36.5ToitCompanySoftware-as-a-ServiceIoTEmbedded32.9BlynkIoTNo-CodeLow-CodeConnected Devices3 APIs27.4Red Balloon SecurityCompanySecurityEmbedded Systems26.4
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
AxiadoSemiconductorsHardware SecurityPlatform SecurityData Center1 API24.8OpenBMCHardwareLinux FoundationServers1 API22.7KeyboardioCompanyMechanical KeyboardsHardwareErgonomics20.0LinuxBootBootHardwareLinux Foundation2 APIs12.3exeinCompanySecurityCybersecurityIoT12.2
Minimal 3 Almost no public developer surface
Assemble LabsCompanyHardware TestingEmbedded Systems6.3SimanticCompanyEmbedded SystemsHardware Simulation4.7JewelbotsCompanyWearablesHardwareIoT4.1

APIs with this tag (17)

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 →

Strong 4 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Particle Firmware APIThe Firmware API from Particle — 3 operation(s) for firmware.62.2Kontakt.io Firmware APIFirmware resources61.4ScienceLogic Firmware APISkylar Compliance can act as a repository for device firmware/software, allowing you to upload files like f...60.3Cisco Intersight Firmware APIThe firmware API from Cisco Intersight — 64 operation(s) for firmware.59.7
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Notecard APIThe Notecard API is the firmware-level JSON API for interacting with Blues Notecard hardware modules direct...49.5Golioth Firmware APIThe Firmware API from Golioth — 1 operation(s) for firmware.48.0Golioth Firmware SDKOpen-source firmware SDK that connects embedded devices to the Golioth cloud over CoAP. Supports Zephyr RTO...48.0Golioth OTA Firmware UpdatesOver-the-air firmware update service. Upload artifacts, group them into releases, target devices by tag or ...48.0Dell Servers Firmware APIFirmware catalog management, compliance, and update operations46.4
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
Afero Cloud OTA Firmware APIThe Afero Over-the-Air (OTA) Update API lets a partner drive firmware releases from their own CI/CD pipelin...36.5Nine Fives Firmware APIFirmware status and dual-slot (A/B) updates29.6Blynk Device Streaming ProtocolBi-directional low-latency streaming connection protocol used by the Blynk Library and Blynk.Edgent to main...27.4
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
Axiado SecureStack ADKThe SecureStack Application Development Kit is Axiado's public API for building secure applications on the ...24.8RISC-V OpenSBIOpenSBI is the official open-source implementation of the RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI) specific...23.0OpenBMC APIAPI for interacting with OpenBMC baseboard management controller firmware, providing programmatic access to...22.7Surface Management APIThe Surface Management API provides enterprise management capabilities for Surface devices through UEFI con...19.2LinuxBoot Build SystemThe LinuxBoot project's build system and tooling for replacing UEFI DXE with a Linux kernel-based boot envi...12.3

Companies reaching this through an API (8)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Firmware” 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.

Blues Cisco Intersight Dell Servers Kontakt.io Microsoft Surface Nine Fives RISC-V International ScienceLogic

Score breakdown

Frequency
43.9
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.4
spread across providers
Quality lift
34.0
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
5.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Embedded 9 co-occurrences Device Management 10 co-occurrences Telemetry 8 co-occurrences Devices 7 co-occurrences IoT 13 co-occurrences Fleet Management 5 co-occurrences Hardware 10 co-occurrences Organization 6 co-occurrences

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