Encore

aid: encore-dev
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/encore-dev/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
  - aid: encore-dev:encore-framework-api
    name: Encore Framework API
    tags:
      - Backend
      - Framework
      - APIs
      - Microservices
      - TypeScript
      - Go
    humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/defining-apis
    properties:
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/defining-apis
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/go/primitives/defining-apis
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/encore-framework-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-schema/encore-api-endpoint-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/encore-service-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-ld/encore-dev-context.jsonld
        type: JSONLD
    description: >-
      The Encore Framework API is the in-process declarative API surface developers use inside Encore.ts and Encore.go
      applications. Endpoints are declared with the api() function (TypeScript) or //encore:api annotation (Go),
      specifying method, path, expose (public vs internal), auth, and optional sensitive flags. Encore parses the source
      to derive request/response schemas from TypeScript interfaces or Go structs, enforces runtime validation, and
      wires up service-to-service calls without manual HTTP plumbing. Raw endpoints, fallback routes, path parameters,
      query, header, and cookie parameters are all first-class.
  - aid: encore-dev:encore-infrastructure-api
    name: Encore Infrastructure API
    tags:
      - Backend
      - Infrastructure
      - Databases
      - PubSub
      - Caching
      - ObjectStorage
      - Cron
      - Secrets
    humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives
    properties:
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/databases
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/pubsub
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/cron-jobs
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/object-storage
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/secrets
        type: Documentation
      - url: json-schema/encore-infrastructure-resource-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
    description: >-
      Encore's Infrastructure from Code API lets developers declare cloud infrastructure resources — PostgreSQL
      databases, Pub/Sub topics and subscriptions, object storage buckets, cron jobs, caches, and secrets — as typed
      code primitives inside their backend. Encore parses these declarations to provision matching infrastructure
      locally (Docker-free) for development and on AWS or GCP in production via Encore Cloud, without Terraform, YAML,
      or manual wiring.
  - aid: encore-dev:encore-platform-api
    name: Encore Cloud Platform API
    tags:
      - Cloud
      - Deployment
      - CICD
      - Environments
      - Multicloud
    humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/platform
    properties:
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/platform
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.cloud
        type: Portal
      - url: openapi/encore-platform-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      Encore Cloud is the optional hosted platform that takes an Encore application from `git push encore` to a running
      production deployment in the customer's own AWS or GCP account. The platform handles infrastructure provisioning
      (managed Postgres, SQS/SNS or Pub/Sub, S3/GCS buckets, IAM, secrets), CI/CD, preview environments per pull
      request, distributed tracing ingest, metrics, logs, and the developer dashboard at app.encore.cloud.
  - aid: encore-dev:encore-observability-api
    name: Encore Observability API
    tags:
      - Observability
      - Tracing
      - Metrics
      - Logs
      - DevDashboard
    humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/tracing
    properties:
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/tracing
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/dev-dash
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/flow
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/service-catalog
        type: Documentation
      - url: json-schema/encore-trace-event-schema.json
        type: JSONSchema
    description: >-
      Encore captures distributed traces, structured logs, and runtime metrics automatically from every api(), database
      query, Pub/Sub publish, cron tick, and outbound HTTP call. The local Development Dashboard surfaces traces, the
      service catalog, an auto-generated architecture flow diagram, the database explorer, and the API explorer. In
      production, traces and metrics ship to Encore Cloud (20M events/month included on Pro) or forward to Datadog,
      Grafana, Sentry, and other third-party backends.
  - aid: encore-dev:encore-mcp-server
    name: Encore MCP Server
    tags:
      - AI
      - MCP
      - ModelContextProtocol
      - AgenticAI
      - DeveloperTools
    humanURL: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/mcp
    properties:
      - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/mcp
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      Encore ships a built-in Model Context Protocol server (`encore mcp start` for SSE, `encore mcp run` for stdio)
      that exposes the live Encore application — services, middleware, auth handlers, databases, Pub/Sub topics, cron
      jobs, buckets, traces, metrics, source files, and documentation — to AI agents like Cursor and Claude Code. This
      lets agents reason about and modify a running backend with full context, including verifying that a newly added
      publish call shows up in traces.
common:
  - url: https://github.com/encoredev
    name: GitHub Organization
    type: GitHubOrganization
  - url: https://github.com/encoredev/encore
    name: Encore Framework Repository
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/encoredev/examples
    name: Encore Examples Repository
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/encoredev/encore.dev
    name: Encore Runtime API Contract
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts
    name: Encore.ts Documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/go
    name: Encore.go Documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/quick-start
    name: TypeScript Quick Start
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/go/quick-start
    name: Go Quick Start
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://encore.cloud
    name: Encore Cloud Portal
    type: Portal
  - url: https://encore.cloud/pricing
    name: Encore Cloud Pricing
    type: Pricing
  - url: https://encore.dev/blog
    name: Encore Engineering Blog
    type: Blog
  - url: https://encore.dev/changelog
    name: Changelog
    type: ChangeLog
  - url: https://status.encore.cloud
    name: Encore Cloud Status
    type: StatusPage
  - url: https://encore.dev/discord
    name: Encore Discord Community
    type: Community
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/mcp
    name: MCP Server
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/ai-integration
    name: AI Integration Guide
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/tracing
    name: Distributed Tracing
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/observability/dev-dash
    name: Local Development Dashboard
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/databases
    name: Databases (PostgreSQL)
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/pubsub
    name: Pub/Sub
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/cron-jobs
    name: Cron Jobs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/object-storage
    name: Object Storage
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/secrets
    name: Secrets
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/auth
    name: Authentication
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/middleware
    name: Middleware
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/streaming-apis
    name: Streaming APIs (WebSockets)
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/cli-reference
    name: Encore CLI Reference
    type: SDK
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/client-generation
    name: Generated Client SDKs (TypeScript, Go, JavaScript)
    type: SDK
  - url: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/api-docs
    name: Auto-Generated API Documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/encoredev/homebrew-tap
    name: Homebrew Tap
    type: SDK
  - url: https://encore.dev/use-cases
    name: Use Cases
    type: Documentation
  - url: plans/encore-dev-plans-pricing.yml
    type: Plans
  - url: rate-limits/encore-dev-rate-limits.yml
    type: RateLimits
  - url: finops/encore-dev-finops.yml
    type: FinOps
  - url: vocabulary/encore-dev-vocabulary.yml
    type: Vocabulary
  - url: rules/encore-dev-rules.yml
    type: SpectralRules
  - type: Features
    data:
      - >-
        Encore.ts — TypeScript backend framework with zero npm dependencies, claimed 9x faster than Express.js and 3x
        faster than ElysiaJS and Hono via a Rust runtime
      - Encore.go — Go backend framework with type-safe APIs declared via //encore:api annotations
      - >-
        Infrastructure from Code (IfC) — declare PostgreSQL, Pub/Sub, object storage, caches, cron jobs, and secrets as
        typed code primitives
      - Automatic local development environment with Docker-free database, Pub/Sub, and bucket provisioning
      - >-
        Local Development Dashboard with distributed tracing, API explorer, service catalog, database explorer, and
        architecture flow diagrams
      - Type-safe service-to-service calls with automatic service discovery and network plumbing
      - Auto-generated client SDKs in TypeScript, Go, and JavaScript from the backend source
      - Auto-generated API documentation and service catalog kept in sync with source
      - Raw endpoints (api.raw) for webhooks and low-level HTTP, plus streaming endpoints for WebSockets
      - Built-in authentication primitives and pluggable auth handlers (Clerk, Auth0, Firebase, Ory)
      - Built-in middleware, request validation, and response shaping derived from TypeScript interfaces / Go structs
      - Encore MCP Server exposing services, traces, metrics, source, and docs to AI agents
      - '`encore run`, `encore build docker`, and `git push encore` for local, container, and managed deployments'
      - Write-once / deploy-anywhere — same code runs locally, on AWS, on GCP, or self-hosted via Docker export
      - Encore Cloud preview environments per pull request, automatic infra provisioning, and CI/CD
      - Multi-cloud production deployments on AWS (RDS, SQS, SNS, S3) and GCP (Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, GCS)
      - Distributed tracing with 1M events/month free, 20M/month on Pro, forwarding to Datadog, Grafana, and Sentry
      - SOC 2 compliance assistance and custom RBAC on Enterprise
      - Open-source MPL-2.0 framework with ~12,000 GitHub stars and active v1.57.x release cadence
      - Python support on the roadmap
    sources:
      - https://encore.dev
      - https://encore.dev/docs/ts
      - https://encore.dev/docs/go
      - https://encore.cloud/pricing
      - https://github.com/encoredev/encore
      - https://encore.dev/blog
    updated: '2026-05-24'
created: '2026-05-24T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-05-24'
name: Encore
position: Producing
description: >-
  Encore is a backend application framework and developer cloud that lets engineering teams build type-safe distributed
  systems in TypeScript (Encore.ts) and Go (Encore.go) using declarative Infrastructure from Code. Developers describe
  APIs, databases, Pub/Sub, object storage, caches, cron jobs, and secrets as typed code primitives; the framework
  provisions matching infrastructure locally with no Docker Compose, and Encore Cloud provisions equivalent managed
  resources in the customer's own AWS or GCP account. The platform ships built-in distributed tracing, a local
  development dashboard, auto-generated API docs and client SDKs, a Model Context Protocol server for AI agents, preview
  environments per pull request, and CI/CD — positioning Encore as an opinionated alternative to PaaS and a productivity
  layer on top of hyperscaler infrastructure.
image: https://encore.dev/assets/branding/icon.svg
humanURL: https://encore.dev
baseURL: https://encore.dev
tags:
  - Backend
  - Framework
  - Cloud
  - TypeScript
  - Go
  - DeveloperTools
  - InfrastructureFromCode
  - Microservices
  - Observability
  - Multicloud
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]
    X: apievangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.16'