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Directus

Open-source data platform that wraps any SQL database with a REST and GraphQL API, auto-generated from the schema, plus a no-code admin app for data management. Directus turns any new or existing SQL database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MS SQL, OracleDB, CockroachDB) into an instant REST and GraphQL API with a visual Data Studio for non-technical users. The platform includes policy-based access control, an automation engine (Flows), a built-in AI assistant, digital asset management, real-time WebSockets, and an MCP server for AI agent integration. Deployable as a self-hosted open-source project or as Directus Cloud.

agent aware

More than an index entry, but the surface is still mostly links rather than artifacts — the cohort most likely to move a full band from modest, well-targeted work.

Kin Score

API Evangelist profiles Directus the way a machine reads it — 4 machine-readable artifacts across 2 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.

Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Directus scores 25.0/100 (emerging), with a separate agent-readiness read of 18/100 (agent aware). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.

Kin Score

This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance. Every facet and dimension name is a link: it opens that measurement's page on APIs.io, where the rating runs across the whole catalog — the exact checks that feed it, how every profiled provider distributes on it, and who is at the top of it.

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Directus Kin Score — API readiness rating by API Evangelist

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How we profile Directus

Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Directus. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.

APIs 2

Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Directus REST API

Auto-generated REST API built on top of any SQL database schema. Provides full CRUD operations on all collections, authentication endpoints, file management, user and role manag...

Directus GraphQL API

Auto-generated GraphQL API that mirrors the REST API surface, providing strongly-typed queries and mutations for all collections and system endpoints. Supports nested relational...

GraphQL 1

Where a provider ships GraphQL, the schema is the contract. We profile it alongside the REST surface so the whole interface is legible in one place.

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Directus GraphQL API

Auto-generated GraphQL API that mirrors the REST API surface, providing strongly-typed queries and mutations for all collections and system endpoints in a connected SQL database.

GRAPHQL

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Directus Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Every other property we hold for Directus — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

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Where this information came from

This is an independent, third-party profile of Directus, published by API Evangelist. We do not operate, host, resell, or support these APIs, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the company unless stated above. Everything here is built from publicly available information — the company's own site, developer portal, documentation, public repositories, and the specifications it publishes for public use. Nothing is obtained by breaching a system, defeating an access control, or using credentials.

The Kin Score and Agent Readiness rating are independently calculated assessments of a company's public API artifacts, scored against a published rubric. They are not certifications, endorsements, security assessments, or audits.

Corrections, re-scores, and removal are free — no partnership or purchase required, and you do not need to justify the request. A removed company is recorded as unrated, never scored zero for having asked. Acknowledgement within one business day; removal within two.

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