A powerful, all-in-one framework that transforms how you create, manage, and scale APIs. Kinesis API is designed to simplify complex API development workflows while maintaining professional-grade capabilities. Think of it as an API to make APIs—dramatically accelerating development without sacrificing quality or control.

Kinesis API is a comprehensive platform that combines a visual API builder, embedded database system, and full-featured content management into a single cohesive solution. Whether you're prototyping a simple API or building complex, interconnected systems, Kinesis API provides the tools to accelerate development while maintaining complete control over your infrastructure.

• Visual API Builder (X Engine): Create APIs without writing backend code using an intuitive flow-based system (Learn more)
• Embedded Database: High-performance, ACID-compliant database with multiple storage engines (Learn more)
• Content Management: Built-in blogging platform with Markdown support and user engagement features (Learn more)
• Localization Engine: Multi-language support with variable interpolation and pluralization (Learn more)
• Search Engine: Powerful filtering capabilities with an intuitive query language (Learn more)
• User Management: Role-based access control with 2FA/OTP support (Learn more)
• Media Management: Integrated file storage and serving capabilities (Learn more)
• Backup & Restore: Automated backup scheduling with compression and recovery (Learn more)
• Version Control: Content history tracking for routes, data objects, and blog posts (Learn more)
• Component Metrics: Detailed analytics for blog posts, snippets, and redirects (Learn more)
• Ticketing System: Issue tracking with email notifications and assignee management (Learn more)
• Interactive REPL: Real-time database interaction and testing (Learn more)

Kinesis API is currently in active development with version 0.35.0. The platform is production-ready for many use cases, though you should expect occasional breaking changes until the 1.0.0 release. Core functionality is extensively tested and stable. The API documentation is available at api.kinesis.world/scalar, or locally on the /scalar endpoint.

• Rocket: Fast, type-safe web framework for Rust
• Tera: Powerful template engine inspired by Jinja2
• Serde: High-performance serialization framework
• Lettre: Email handling library for notifications
• utoipa: OpenAPI documentation generator
• Diesel: ORM for external database support
• MaxMind GeoIP2: Geographic IP address lookup
• Kinesis DB: Custom-built ACID-compliant embedded database

• Tailwind CSS: Utility-first CSS framework
• DaisyUI: Component library for Tailwind CSS
• Remix Icon: Open-source icon library
• Jost: Modern geometric sans-serif typeface
• Montserrat: Clean, professional sans-serif font
• Markdown-it: Extensible Markdown parser
• PrismJS: Lightweight syntax highlighter
• MermaidJS: Diagramming and charting tool
• Chart.js: JavaScript charting library
• Leaflet: Interactive map visualization
• Luxon: DateTime library for JavaScript
• JMESPath: JSON query language

Kinesis API includes a high-performance, ACID-compliant embedded database built from scratch in Rust. This eliminates dependencies on external database systems, reducing potential points of failure and providing significant performance advantages through memory-mapped I/O and optimized caching strategies. For comprehensive technical details, see the Kinesis DB documentation and technical reference.

The X Engine is the most sophisticated component of Kinesis API, enabling users to design and deploy custom APIs through a visual flow-based system. For detailed information about blocks, processors, and building complex workflows, see the X Engine documentation and tutorials. The engine uses a modular architecture consisting of:

• Processors: Handle execution flow including loops, conditional logic, and control signals (return/break/fail)
• Resolvers: Map requests to appropriate data sources and transform inputs dynamically
• Convertors: Transform data between different formats for input/output processing
• Definitions: Define the expected result format for each "block" that makes up a custom API
• Blocks: Pre-built operations for data manipulation, validation, API calls, and more

Kinesis API supports multiple database backends, giving you flexibility in choosing the storage solution that best fits your needs. Learn more about database backends and migration:

• Kinesis DB: Custom embedded database (default) with optimal performance and zero external dependencies
• SQLite: Lightweight, file-based relational database for simple deployments
• MySQL: Popular open-source relational database for enterprise environments
• PostgreSQL: Advanced open-source relational database with extensive features

The platform includes a migration utility for seamless data transfer between different database backends, accessible through both the API and Web UI.

Kinesis API can be configured through environment variables and deployed in various ways. See the installation guide and configuration reference for details:

• Docker: Official multi-platform Docker images available for quick deployment
• Binary: Standalone executables for direct deployment on your infrastructure
• Source: Build from source for custom configurations and development

Comprehensive documentation covers installation, configuration, and best practices for production deployments. Visit our documentation hub to get started.

Kinesis API is built upon the work of many open-source projects and libraries. We are grateful to the maintainers and contributors of:

Special thanks to the Rust community and all open-source contributors whose work makes projects like Kinesis API possible.