# afuh/rick-and-morty-api

The Rick and Morty API

Repository: https://github.com/afuh/rick-and-morty-api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rick-and-morty-api
Homepage: https://rickandmortyapi.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: api, rick-and-morty, rickandmorty, rest-api, graphql-api, graphql
Last push: 2026-03-21T14:17:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3131, "days_push": 165, "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 1036, forks 127 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.142082+00:00)

## What it is
The Rick and Morty API is a free, open-source REST and GraphQL API serving canonical data about characters, locations, and episodes from the Rick and Morty TV show. It is built with Node and MongoDB and offers typed client libraries in many languages.

## Use cases
- fetch rick and morty character data
- practice graphql queries against a public api
- get episode and location data for a fan app
- sample dataset for learning api pagination
- test http clients with a free rest api
- build a frontend demo with real api data

## When to choose
- you need fun, canonical Rick and Morty data for an app or demo
- you want a free public REST or GraphQL endpoint for tutorials and testing
- you need a simple paginated JSON API to practice with

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade guaranteed uptime or SLAs
- you need data beyond the three resources (characters, locations, episodes)
- you need a general-purpose entertainment or TV metadata API

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: api-framework, graphql, http-server
- domain: apis, entertainment, web-development
- platform: cloud
- tags: rest-api, graphql-api, rick-and-morty, public-api, entertainment-data, json-api, sample-data, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- afuh/rick-and-morty-api (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.142082+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 2026-08-30T07:04:28.895019+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/afuh/rick-and-morty-api (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.142082+00:00, sha 41e99cc8a687)
  - homepage: https://rickandmortyapi.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:26.404245+00:00, sha c59b52a84fe0)
  - site_page: https://rickandmortyapi.com/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:26.413318+00:00, sha 772577c1fd54)
  - site_page: https://rickandmortyapi.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:26.415682+00:00, sha 2c60d7d2be7d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.