# Kinto/kinto

A generic JSON document store with sharing and synchronisation capabilities.

Repository: https://github.com/Kinto/kinto
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kinto-kinto
Homepage: http://docs.kinto-storage.org/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: api, storage, web, http, decentralisation
Last push: 2026-08-14T06:42:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4207, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 45}
- 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 4418, forks 436 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:48.704845+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, api-framework, database, auth, web-framework
- domain: backend, apis, web-development, self-hosted, databases
- platform: python, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: -storage, data-sync, offline-first, rest-api, postgresql, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- Kinto/kinto (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.704845+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 2026-08-29T18:20:59.832660+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Kinto/kinto (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.704845+00:00, sha e5ed06fd9358)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/kinto/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:09:07.059372+00:00, sha f4aa698ed662)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.