Stellar

aid: stellar
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stellar/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Stellar
tags:
  - Blockchain
  - Cryptocurrency
  - Decentralized Exchange
  - Ledger
  - Payments
  - Smart Contracts
  - Web3
type: Index
kind: company
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-06-14'
modified: '2026-06-14'
position: Consumer
description: >-
  Stellar is an open-source, decentralized blockchain network designed for fast, low-cost cross-border
  payments and asset issuance. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) maintains the core protocol and
  the Horizon REST API, which provides HTTP access to ledger data including accounts, transactions,
  operations, effects, offers, trades, claimable balances, and liquidity pools. Horizon is the primary
  data gateway for the Stellar network, re-serving ledger data in a developer-friendly format. The
  network supports native XLM transfers, custom asset issuance, a built-in decentralized exchange (DEX),
  Soroban smart contracts, and anchor integrations for fiat on/off-ramps. Authentication is not required
  for read queries; transaction submission requires signing with a Stellar keypair.
apis:
  - aid: stellar:horizon-api
    name: Stellar Horizon API
    tags:
      - Accounts
      - Assets
      - Blockchain
      - Claimable Balances
      - DEX
      - Effects
      - Ledger
      - Liquidity Pools
      - Offers
      - Operations
      - Payments
      - Trades
      - Transactions
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    baseURL: https://horizon.stellar.org
    humanURL: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/horizon
    properties:
      - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/horizon
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/apis/horizon/api-reference
        type: APIReference
      - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/sdks/client-sdks
        type: SDKs
      - url: https://github.com/stellar/go/tree/master/services/horizon
        type: GitHubRepository
      - url: openapi/stellar-horizon-api.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: rate-limits/stellar-rate-limits.yml
        type: RateLimits
      - url: plans/stellar-plans-pricing.yml
        type: Plans
      - url: finops/stellar-finops.yml
        type: FinOps
    description: >-
      The Stellar Horizon API is an HTTP REST interface to the Stellar network, providing developer-friendly
      access to the full ledger data set. It exposes endpoints for querying accounts, transactions,
      operations, effects, ledgers, offers, trades, claimable balances, liquidity pools, assets, and
      order books. Horizon also supports submitting new transactions to the network and finding payment
      paths between assets. The public SDF-hosted instance is available at https://horizon.stellar.org
      for mainnet and https://horizon-testnet.stellar.org for testnet. No API key is required for
      read-only queries; transaction submission requires a signed XDR envelope.
    x-features:
      - No authentication required for read-only queries
      - Cursor-based pagination with configurable limit and order
      - SSE (Server-Sent Events) streaming for real-time ledger data
      - Transaction submission via POST /transactions
      - Built-in DEX order book and trade history
      - Path payment route discovery via /paths endpoints
      - Testnet and mainnet instances hosted by SDF
    x-use-cases:
      - Query account balances, trustlines, and data entries
      - Retrieve full transaction and operation history for an account
      - Stream real-time effects and payment events via SSE
      - Submit signed transactions to the Stellar network
      - Access DEX order books, active offers, and trade history
      - Discover optimal payment paths between Stellar assets
      - Monitor claimable balances and liquidity pool reserves
  - aid: stellar:stellar-rpc-api
    name: Stellar RPC API
    tags:
      - Blockchain
      - Smart Contracts
      - Soroban
      - RPC
      - Web3
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    baseURL: https://soroban-testnet.stellar.org
    humanURL: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/rpc
    properties:
      - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/rpc
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/data/rpc/api-reference
        type: APIReference
      - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/sdks/client-sdks
        type: SDKs
    description: >-
      The Stellar RPC API (formerly Soroban RPC) is a JSON-RPC interface for interacting with Soroban
      smart contracts deployed on the Stellar network. It supports simulating and submitting contract
      invocations, reading contract state and ledger entries, and streaming network events. The RPC
      service is the primary interface for Soroban contract developers and complements Horizon by
      exposing contract-specific data not available through the Horizon REST API.
    x-features:
      - JSON-RPC 2.0 interface for smart contract interaction
      - Simulate contract invocations before submission
      - Read arbitrary ledger entries including contract state
      - Stream network events filtered by contract ID or topic
      - Submit signed Soroban transactions to the network
    x-use-cases:
      - Deploy and invoke Soroban smart contracts
      - Simulate contract calls to estimate fees before submission
      - Read on-chain contract state for dApp frontends
      - Subscribe to smart contract event streams
  - aid: stellar:anchor-platform-api
    name: Stellar Anchor Platform API
    tags:
      - Anchor
      - Finance
      - SEP
      - Cross-Border Payments
      - Interoperability
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    baseURL: https://platform-server.exampleanchor.com
    humanURL: https://developers.stellar.org/platforms/anchor-platform
    properties:
      - url: https://developers.stellar.org/platforms/anchor-platform
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/stellar-anchor-platform-api.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: openapi/stellar-anchor-platform-callbacks-api.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: https://github.com/stellar/anchor-platform
        type: GitHubRepository
    description: >-
      The Stellar Anchor Platform is an open-source toolkit that simplifies building SEP-compliant
      anchor services on the Stellar network. The Platform API is an internal interface used by anchor
      backends to retrieve and update transaction state for SEP-6, SEP-24, and SEP-31 payment flows.
      The Callbacks API defines synchronous callbacks that the platform makes to the anchor's backend
      during transaction processing.
  - aid: stellar:disbursement-platform-api
    name: Stellar Disbursement Platform API
    tags:
      - Disbursements
      - Bulk Payments
      - Finance
      - Organization
    image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    baseURL: https://sdp.example.org
    humanURL: https://developers.stellar.org/platforms/stellar-disbursement-platform
    properties:
      - url: https://developers.stellar.org/platforms/stellar-disbursement-platform
        type: Documentation
      - url: openapi/stellar-disbursement-platform-api.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: https://github.com/stellar/stellar-disbursement-platform-backend
        type: GitHubRepository
    description: >-
      The Stellar Disbursement Platform (SDP) is an open-source tool built for organizations to make
      bulk payments to a group of recipients over the Stellar network. The REST API supports tenant
      management, disbursement campaigns, recipient registration, wallet management, and payment
      monitoring. The SDP supports multi-tenant deployments and integrates with SEP-24 for wallet
      onboarding.
common:
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://stellar.org/blog
    type: Blog
  - url: https://status.stellar.org
    type: StatusPage
  - url: https://github.com/stellar
    type: GitHubOrganization
  - url: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/sdks/client-sdks
    type: SDKs
  - url: https://github.com/stellar/js-stellar-sdk
    type: JavaScriptSDK
  - url: https://github.com/stellar/go-stellar-sdk
    type: GoSDK
  - url: https://github.com/StellarCN/py-stellar-base
    type: PythonSDK
  - url: https://github.com/Soneso/stellar-ios-mac-sdk
    type: iOSSDK
  - url: https://discord.gg/stellardev
    type: Discord
  - url: https://stellar.org/foundation
    type: About
  - url: json-ld/stellar-context.jsonld
    type: JSONLDContext
  - url: vocabulary/stellar-vocabulary.yml
    type: Vocabulary
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]