GitHub Innovation Graph
Study trends in public GitHub activity across included economies at an aggregate level.
Coverage: Economies included in the dataset · Quarterly economy-level aggregates from 2020 onward
Developer ecosystems · Public API specification directory
Discover API categories and integration surfaces, compare machine-readable specifications, and map potential SDK, monitoring, documentation, or data-integration opportunities. High: API discovery and specification data is directly useful to SaaS founders building developer integrations, SDKs, catalogs, and data products.
Put it to work
Discover API categories and integration surfaces, compare machine-readable specifications, and map potential SDK, monitoring, documentation, or data-integration opportunities. High: API discovery and specification data is directly useful to SaaS founders building developer integrations, SDKs, catalogs, and data products.
Use the available ecosystem signals to shortlist a language, platform or integration for further research. Validate adoption signals with conversations about the problem your product solves.
What it covers
Geography: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release.
Granularity: Discover API categories and integration surfaces, compare machine-readable specifications, and map potential SDK, monitoring, documentation, or data-integration opportunities.
Source type: Public API specification directory
Access and cost
The directory states that its data can be accessed through an HTTP API and publishes the directory under a CC0 license; individual listed APIs retain their own availability, terms, and licensing.
Cost: Current price was not established in this review; check the provider's access terms.
Update cadence: Release cadence was not normalized in this review; check the source's dates, update notes, and API limits before comparing periods.
Before you use it
It is community-maintained: specifications can become stale or incomplete, and a directory entry does not establish that the listed API is free, stable, or commercially redistributable.