PokeAPI/pokeapi

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5357 stars · 1156 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

PokeAPI is a free, open-source RESTful (and beta GraphQL) API serving comprehensive Pokémon game data such as species, moves, abilities, types, and items. The repository contains the Python backend, database build tooling, and Docker/Kubernetes deployment for self-hosting the service.

Use cases

• get pokemon stats and abilities in my app
• fetch pokemon move data for a game tool
• build a pokedex website
• query pokemon data with graphql
• self-host a pokemon data api
• learn api development with a beginner-friendly project

When to choose

• you need a single consistent source of Pokémon game data
• you want a free, no-auth, read-only API for learning or hobby projects
• you want to self-host the dataset or contribute to a popular open-source API

When to avoid

• you need write access or user-generated Pokémon content
• you need production-grade SLAs or heavy query volume without self-hosting
• you need non-video-game Pokémon data like the TCG or anime

Facets

service · maturity active

api-framework http-server graphql database gaming-tools apis developer-tools education python self-hosted pokemon rest-api open-data read-only-api django game-data free-api docker kubernetes web-server

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