# microsoft/kiota

OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kiota
Homepage: https://aka.ms/kiota/docs
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: openapi, csharp, typescript, java, dotnet, golang, ruby, php, http, api, python, kiota, hacktoberfest, openapi-codegen, openapi-specification, openapi3
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:57:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2080, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 19, "gap_med": 10.5, "n_releases_24m": 33}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3809, forks 331 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:20.527167+00:00)

## What it is
Kiota is a Microsoft command-line tool that generates strongly typed HTTP API clients from OpenAPI descriptions. It supports multiple target languages including C#, TypeScript, Java, Go, Python, Ruby, and PHP, eliminating the need for per-API SDKs.

## Use cases
- generate a typed API client from an OpenAPI spec
- avoid depending on a separate SDK for every API I call
- generate HTTP client code in multiple languages from one spec
- create a fluent API client for a REST API
- generate SDKs for OpenAPI 3 described APIs

## When to choose
- you consume OpenAPI-described APIs and want strongly typed clients
- you need generated clients in several languages
- you want to avoid hand-writing HTTP client boilerplate

## When to avoid
- you need a full SDK with hand-written convenience methods
- your API has no OpenAPI description
- you need a runtime library rather than generated code

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, apis, web-development
- platform: cross-platform, cli, dotnet
- tags: openapi, code-generator, api-client, multi-language, microsoft, code-generation

## Member repositories
- microsoft/kiota (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.527167+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 2026-08-29T18:26:38.541846+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.527167+00:00, sha 8a741a5638ed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.