Kinto/kinto

A generic JSON document store with sharing and synchronisation capabilities. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Kinto/kinto · homepage · Python · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

98/100

Activity 97
Release rhythm 97
Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 7.0
age_days: 4207
days_rel: 23
days_push: 19
n_releases_24m: 45

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

4418 stars · 436 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Kinto is a minimalist self-hostable JSON document storage service with synchronisation and sharing capabilities, exposed over a REST HTTP API. It is a Python web service backed by PostgreSQL (or in-memory for development) maintained under the Mozilla Foundation.

Use cases

store and sync JSON documents across devices
self-host a REST API backend without writing server code
share collections of records between users with permissions
build offline-first apps that sync data when back online
prototype a JSON data store for a web or mobile app
serve settings or feature data to clients over HTTP

When to choose

you need a ready-made JSON storage/sync API you can self-host
you want per-record permissions and sharing out of the box
you prefer a Python service with PostgreSQL as the production backend

When to avoid

you need relational queries or complex SQL schemas rather than document storage
you want a fully managed cloud database service
your workload is high-volume binary blob storage rather than JSON records

Facets

service · maturity active

http-server api-framework database auth web-framework backend apis web-development self-hosted databases python self-hosted cross-platform -storage data-sync offline-first rest-api postgresql web-server docker

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/Kinto/kinto · fetched 2026-08-28 · e5ed06fd9358
registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/kinto/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · f4aa698ed662

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
Kinto/kinto	main	98

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