kevinswiber/siren resource
Structured Interface for Representing Entities, super-rad hypermedia observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5172
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2144
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1344 stars · 74 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Siren is a hypermedia specification defining a JSON media type (application/vnd.siren+) for representing entities in Web APIs, including properties, embedded entities, actions, and links. This repository hosts the specification document and examples rather than an executable library.
Use cases
- design a hypermedia-driven REST API
- serve entities with actions and navigation links as a media type
- learn how HATEOAS media types structure entities and state transitions
- model API responses with embedded sub-entities and rels
- define form-like actions for API state transitions
When to choose
- you want a well-specified hypermedia media type for a JSON API
- your clients need to discover actions and navigate via links rather than out-of-band knowledge
- you need embedded entities with relationships in API payloads
When to avoid
- you need a parser, serializer, or framework code rather than a specification
- you want a simple plain-JSON API without hypermedia constraints
- you need actively evolving tooling - the spec has seen no recent releases
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
serialization api-framework documentation apis web-development backend documentation cross-platform hypermedia media-type specification rest hateoas web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kevinswiber/siren · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6419358a4c36
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kevinswiber/siren | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="kevinswiber/siren")
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