Green Software Foundation

aid: green-software-foundation
name: Green Software Foundation
description: >-
  The Green Software Foundation is a Linux Foundation project founded by Accenture, GitHub, Microsoft, and ThoughtWorks to build standards, tools, and best practices for reducing the carbon emissions of software. It developed the Software Carbon Intensity specification and provides patterns for building green software.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Carbon
  - Linux Foundation
  - Software
  - Sustainability
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/green-software-foundation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: green-software-foundation:green-software-foundation-api
    name: Green Software Foundation API
    description: >-
      API for accessing Green Software Foundation resources, standards, and tools for measuring and reducing the carbon emissions of software applications.
    humanURL: https://greensoftware.foundation/articles
    tags:
      - Carbon
      - Sustainability
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://greensoftware.foundation/articles
common:
  - type: Documentation
    name: Green Software Foundation Documentation
    description: Official documentation for Green Software Foundation.
    url: https://greensoftware.foundation/articles
  - type: GitHubOrg
    name: Green Software Foundation GitHub
    description: Source code and repositories for Green Software Foundation.
    url: https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]