# aip-dev/google.aip.dev

API Improvement Proposals. https://aip.dev/

Repository: https://github.com/aip-dev/google.aip.dev
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/googleaipdev
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-17T22:33:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2724, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 638, "gap_med": 34.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1624, forks 811 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.807977+00:00)

## What it is
A repository of API Improvement Proposals (AIPs), design documents describing how Google designs and standardizes its APIs, published at aip.dev. It serves as a source of truth for API guidance and can be adopted by other organizations for their own API standards.

## Use cases
- learn how Google designs its APIs
- adopt API design guidelines for my company
- find guidance on REST API resource design
- standardize API naming and error conventions across teams
- write custom API guidance for my organization
- reference API design best practices when reviewing PRs

## When to choose
- you need authoritative, battle-tested API design guidance
- your organization wants a starting point for its own API standards
- you are designing REST/gRPC APIs and want consistent conventions

## When to avoid
- you need executable tooling or linters rather than written guidance
- you want guidance for a specific framework rather than general API design

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: apis, documentation, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: api-design, api-guidelines, design-documents, aip, standards, web-server

## Member repositories
- aip-dev/google.aip.dev (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.807977+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:48:38.026968+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aip-dev/google.aip.dev (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.807977+00:00, sha 1671d9503746)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.