OpenAPI Initiative

aid: openapi-initiative
name: OpenAPI Initiative
description: >-
  The OpenAPI Initiative is a Linux Foundation project that promotes the OpenAPI Specification for defining standard, language-agnostic interfaces to RESTful APIs. It provides governance, tooling ecosystem support, and community collaboration for the most widely adopted API description format.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Linux Foundation
  - Specifications
  - Standards
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openapi-initiative/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: openapi-initiative:openapi-initiative-api
    name: OpenAPI Initiative API
    description: >-
      API for accessing OpenAPI Initiative resources, specifications, and tooling ecosystem documentation for defining standard interfaces to RESTful APIs.
    humanURL: https://spec.openapis.org/
    tags:
      - Specifications
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://spec.openapis.org/
common:
  - type: Documentation
    name: OpenAPI Initiative Documentation
    description: Official documentation for OpenAPI Initiative.
    url: https://spec.openapis.org/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    name: OpenAPI Initiative GitHub
    description: Source code and repositories for OpenAPI Initiative.
    url: https://github.com/OAI
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]