# cloudfoundry/servicebroker

Open Service Broker API Specification

Repository: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/servicebroker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/servicebroker
Homepage: https://openservicebrokerapi.org/
Language: Shell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: service-broker, open-service-broker-api, open-service-broker, openservicebrokerapi, osbapi, osb, cff-wg-service-management
Last push: 2026-04-15T19:49:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3708, "days_push": 140, "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 1483, forks 462 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.255040+00:00)

## What it is
The Open Service Broker API project defines a specification for a standard set of REST API endpoints that platforms like Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes use to provision, bind, and manage backing services via service brokers. The repository hosts the spec, OpenAPI document, profiles, and conformance test suite references for implementers.

## Use cases
- implement a service broker for a cloud platform
- expose my SaaS offering to Kubernetes via OSB API
- verify my broker conforms to the Open Service Broker API spec
- provision backing services from Cloud Foundry or Kubernetes
- read the OSB API specification and OpenAPI document
- build a platform that consumes service brokers

## When to choose
- you are building a service broker to offer backing services on cloud native platforms
- you are implementing a platform that needs to consume brokers via a standard API
- you need conformance testing against the OSB specification

## When to avoid
- you need a ready-made broker implementation rather than a specification
- your platform does not support the Open Service Broker API
- you only need simple service deployment without lifecycle management semantics

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: api-framework, sdk, developer-tools, testing
- domain: cloud-computing, apis, self-hosted
- platform: cloud, self-hosted
- tags: open-service-broker-api, service-broker, specification, osb, cloud-foundry, provisioning, api-specification, devops, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- cloudfoundry/servicebroker (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.255040+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 2026-08-30T04:34:02.447781+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/servicebroker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.255040+00:00, sha 9f8c3dc5b3e8)
  - homepage: https://openservicebrokerapi.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:25.320519+00:00, sha d46b7125dcd0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.