# public-api-lists/public-api-lists

A curated list of free public APIs — searchable, community-maintained, with a free JSON API.

Repository: https://github.com/public-api-lists/public-api-lists
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/public-api-lists
Homepage: https://public-api-lists.github.io/public-api-lists/
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: public-api, api, apis, api-list, awesome, awesome-list, beginner-friendly, collection, curated-list, developer-resources, developer-tools, free-api, hacktoberfest, json-api, list, open-data, open-source, public-apis, resource, rest-api
Last push: 2026-08-01T11:25:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2432, "days_push": 32, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15634, forks 1701 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:12.998586+00:00)

## What it is
A community-maintained, curated catalog of 800+ free public APIs organized into 48 categories, browsable on a website and consumable via a free JSON API. It serves as a discovery resource for developers looking for open data and free API endpoints for their projects.

## Use cases
- find free public APIs for a side project
- discover open data APIs by category
- get a JSON feed of all public APIs
- find free APIs for a hackathon
- browse curated REST APIs for weather, finance, or anime
- find beginner-friendly APIs to practice with

## When to choose
- you need to discover free or open APIs across many domains
- you want a machine-readable JSON list of APIs to build tooling on top of
- you want a community-vetted, actively maintained API directory

## When to avoid
- you need paid or premium API listings
- you need detailed API documentation or SDKs rather than links and descriptions
- you need guaranteed uptime or SLAs for the listed APIs

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, search-engine, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, apis, awesome-lists
- platform: cli
- tags: awesome-list, curated-list, public-apis, -api, open-data, rest-api, community-maintained, web-server

## Member repositories
- public-api-lists/public-api-lists (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:12.998586+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 2026-08-29T17:05:37.438692+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/public-api-lists/public-api-lists (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:12.998586+00:00, sha 6200019a1d84)
  - homepage: https://public-api-lists.github.io/public-api-lists/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:01.538835+00:00, sha 4ddb1ca40a2c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.