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Spree Commerce

Spree Commerce is an open-source headless eCommerce platform originally released in 2007 and built on Ruby on Rails. The Spree server exposes a modern Store API (v3), an Admin API (v3), a Platform API (v2) used by internal/back-office integrations, and a Storefront API (v2) based on the JSON:API spec - all described with OpenAPI 3 - plus an OAuth 2.0 token endpoint for authentication. Developer surface includes the TypeScript Store and Admin SDKs (@spree/sdk and @spree/admin-sdk), the @spree/cli for managing Spree projects, the create-spree-app scaffolder, the open-source Next.js storefront, the spree-starter application template, the spree_extension generator for building Rails extensions, the deface view-customization plugin, official payments integrations (Stripe, Adyen, PayPal), marketing integrations (Klaviyo, Google Analytics), an Avalara/AvaTax extension, the spree_multi_vendor marketplace extension, and a Webhook event system for reacting to store events.

agent native

Limited machine-readable signal and partial portal coverage — documentation a human can read, but little a machine or agent can consume without scraping.

Kin Score

API Evangelist profiles Spree Commerce the way a machine reads it — 187 machine-readable artifacts across 97 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 — Spree Commerce scores 40.5/100 (thin), with a separate agent-readiness read of 52/100 (agent native). 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.

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scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
Composite quality — 40.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 52/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived 2.5 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9.0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7.0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling documented 3.5 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Spree Commerce Kin Score — API readiness rating by API Evangelist

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How we profile Spree Commerce

Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Spree Commerce. 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 97

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.

Spree Webhooks

Outbound webhook event system - the Spree server emits signed JSON payloads for order, product, customer, payment, and shipment lifecycle events. The webhook envelope carries an...

@spree/sdk (TypeScript Store API SDK)

Official TypeScript SDK for the Spree Store API - typed clients, auth helpers, and resource methods. Distributed via npm as @spree/sdk and consumed by the Next.js storefront, cu...

@spree/admin-sdk (TypeScript Admin API SDK)

Official TypeScript SDK for the Spree Admin API. Provides a typed client for managing products, orders, customers, and store configuration from Node.js services and admin tools.

@spree/cli

Command-line tool for managing Spree Commerce projects - scaffolding new apps, running the dev server, managing Docker, and orchestrating common project tasks. Installed via npm...

create-spree-app

One-line project generator for new Spree Commerce installations - mirrors create-next-app and create-medusa-app patterns. Bootstraps a working Rails-based Spree project from the...

Spree Next.js Storefront

Open-source Next.js storefront talking to the Spree Storefront API - cart, checkout, account, multi-region, one-page checkout, and Stripe, Adyen, and PayPal payments. MIT licensed.

Spree Rails Storefront

Spree 5 storefront built with Ruby on Rails and a visual page builder. Reference implementation for teams that want a Rails-monolith storefront on top of Spree rather than a sep...

spree-starter (Application Template)

Reference Spree application template used to bootstrap new Spree installations - includes Docker Compose, the recommended gem set, and a sensible default configuration for self-...

spree-multi-store

Extension for running and administering multiple stores from a single Spree installation - per-store products, taxonomies, domains, and configuration.

Spree Stripe Integration

Official Stripe payments integration for Spree, including support for Stripe Connect. Wires Spree's payment lifecycle to Stripe Payment Intents and Webhooks.

Spree Adyen Integration

Official Adyen payments platform integration for Spree Commerce - payment methods, capture, refund, and webhook handling against the Adyen API.

Spree PayPal Checkout Integration

Official PayPal Checkout integration extension for Spree - PayPal buttons, order flow, capture, and refund.

Spree Avalara AvaTax Integration

Officially certified Avalara AvaTax tax-calculation integration for Spree - real-time tax calculation, address validation, and document filing against AvaTax.

Spree Klaviyo Integration

Official Klaviyo marketing-platform integration for Spree - syncs customers, orders, and product events to Klaviyo for email and SMS lifecycle marketing.

Spree Google Analytics 4 Integration

Official Google Analytics 4 integration for Spree - ecommerce event tracking and measurement on top of the Spree storefronts.

spree_extension (Extension Generator CLI)

CLI tool for generating and managing Spree Commerce extensions - scaffolds the gemspec, engine, migrations, and conventions used by the Spree extension ecosystem.

Spree Dev Tools

Internal developer tooling for working on Spree itself - debuggers, profilers, dummy data generators, and helpers used by Spree's core contributors and extension authors.

deface (Rails View Customization)

Rails plugin maintained under the Spree organization that lets Spree stores customize ERB views without forking the underlying templates. Core extension primitive in the Spree e...

Spree Core Repository (spree/spree)

Monorepo with the Spree Rails engine, Admin, Store/Admin/Platform/ Storefront APIs, OpenAPI specs, TypeScript SDKs, CLI, and Next.js storefront. Released since 2007; latest stab...

Spree Commerce Account / Address API

The Account / Address API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for account / address.

Spree Commerce Account API

The Account API from Spree Commerce — 1 operation(s) for account.

Spree Commerce Account / Credit Cards API

The Account / Credit Cards API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for account / credit cards.

Spree Commerce Account / Orders API

The Account / Orders API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for account / orders.

Spree Commerce Addresses API

The Addresses API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for addresses.

Spree Commerce Adjustments API

The Adjustments API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for adjustments.

Spree Commerce Adyen API

The Adyen API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for adyen.

Spree Commerce Authentication API

Admin user authentication

Spree Commerce Cart API

The Cart API from Spree Commerce — 1 operation(s) for cart.

Spree Commerce Cart / Coupons API

The Cart / Coupons API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for cart / coupons.

Spree Commerce Cart / Line Items API

The Cart / Line Items API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for cart / line items.

Spree Commerce Cart / Other API

The Cart / Other API from Spree Commerce — 4 operation(s) for cart / other.

Spree Commerce Carts API

Shopping cart management

Spree Commerce Checkout API

The Checkout API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for checkout.

Spree Commerce Checkout / Payments API

The Checkout / Payments API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for checkout / payments.

Spree Commerce Checkout / Shipments API

The Checkout / Shipments API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for checkout / shipments.

Spree Commerce Checkout / State API

The Checkout / State API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for checkout / state.

Spree Commerce Checkout / Store Credit API

The Checkout / Store Credit API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for checkout / store credit.

Spree Commerce Classifications API

The Classifications API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for classifications.

Spree Commerce CMS Pages API

The CMS Pages API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for cms pages.

Spree Commerce CMS Sections API

The CMS Sections API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for cms sections.

Spree Commerce Configuration API

Store configuration — payment methods, tag autocomplete

Spree Commerce Countries API

The Countries API from Spree Commerce — 5 operation(s) for countries.

Spree Commerce Custom Fields API

The Custom Fields API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for custom fields.

Spree Commerce Customers API

Customer management — profiles, addresses, store credits, credit cards

Spree Commerce Data Feeds API

The Data Feeds API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for data feeds.

Spree Commerce Digital Assets API

The Digital Assets API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for digital assets.

Spree Commerce Digital Downloads API

The Digital Downloads API from Spree Commerce — 1 operation(s) for digital downloads.

Spree Commerce Digital Links API

The Digital Links API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for digital links.

Spree Commerce Digitals API

Digital product downloads

Spree Commerce Exports API

The Exports API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for exports.

Spree Commerce Gift Cards API

The Gift Cards API from Spree Commerce — 4 operation(s) for gift cards.

Spree Commerce Line Items API

The Line Items API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for line items.

Spree Commerce Markets API

Markets, countries, currencies, and locales

Spree Commerce Menu Items API

The Menu Items API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for menu items.

Spree Commerce Menus API

The Menus API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for menus.

Spree Commerce Newsletter Subscribers API

Guest and customer newsletter subscriptions (double opt-in)

Spree Commerce Option Types API

The Option Types API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for option types.

Spree Commerce Option Values API

The Option Values API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for option values.

Spree Commerce Order Status API

The Order Status API from Spree Commerce — 1 operation(s) for order status.

Spree Commerce Orders API

Order management — orders, items, payments, fulfillments, refunds, gift cards, store credits

Spree Commerce Payment Methods API

The Payment Methods API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for payment methods.

Spree Commerce Payments API

The Payments API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for payments.

Spree Commerce Policies API

Store policies (return policy, privacy policy, terms of service)

Spree Commerce Post Categories API

The Post Categories API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for post categories.

Spree Commerce Posts API

The Posts API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for posts.

Spree Commerce Product Catalog API

Products, variants, and option types

Spree Commerce Products API

The Products API from Spree Commerce — 6 operation(s) for products.

Spree Commerce Promotion Actions API

The Promotion Actions API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for promotion actions.

Spree Commerce Promotion Categories API

The Promotion Categories API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for promotion categories.

Spree Commerce Promotion Rules API

The Promotion Rules API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for promotion rules.

Spree Commerce Promotions API

The Promotions API from Spree Commerce — 11 operation(s) for promotions.

Spree Commerce Roles API

The Roles API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for roles.

Spree Commerce Shipments API

The Shipments API from Spree Commerce — 9 operation(s) for shipments.

Spree Commerce Shipping Categories API

The Shipping Categories API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for shipping categories.

Spree Commerce Shipping Methods API

The Shipping Methods API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for shipping methods.

Spree Commerce States API

The States API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for states.

Spree Commerce Stock Items API

The Stock Items API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for stock items.

Spree Commerce Stock Locations API

The Stock Locations API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for stock locations.

Spree Commerce Store Credit Categories API

The Store Credit Categories API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for store credit categories.

Spree Commerce Store Credit Types API

The Store Credit Types API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for store credit types.

Spree Commerce Store Credits API

The Store Credits API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for store credits.

Spree Commerce Stores API

The Stores API from Spree Commerce — 1 operation(s) for stores.

Spree Commerce Stripe API

The Stripe API from Spree Commerce — 4 operation(s) for stripe.

Spree Commerce Tax Categories API

The Tax Categories API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for tax categories.

Spree Commerce Tax Rates API

The Tax Rates API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for tax rates.

Spree Commerce Taxonomies API

The Taxonomies API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for taxonomies.

Spree Commerce Taxons API

The Taxons API from Spree Commerce — 5 operation(s) for taxons.

Spree Commerce Token API

The Token API from Spree Commerce — 1 operation(s) for token.

Spree Commerce Users API

The Users API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for users.

Spree Commerce Variants API

The Variants API from Spree Commerce — 3 operation(s) for variants.

Spree Commerce Vendors API

The Vendors API from Spree Commerce — 10 operation(s) for vendors.

Spree Commerce Webhook Events API

The Webhook Events API from Spree Commerce — 1 operation(s) for webhook events.

Spree Commerce Webhook Subscribers API

The Webhook Subscribers API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for webhook subscribers.

Spree Commerce Wished Items API

The Wished Items API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for wished items.

Spree Commerce Wishlists API

The Wishlists API from Spree Commerce — 9 operation(s) for wishlists.

Spree Commerce Wishlists / Wished Items API

The Wishlists / Wished Items API from Spree Commerce — 5 operation(s) for wishlists / wished items.

Spree Commerce Zones API

The Zones API from Spree Commerce — 2 operation(s) for zones.

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Open Collections 84

Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Admin API

OPEN COLLECTION

Authentication

OPEN COLLECTION

Platform API

OPEN COLLECTION

Store API

OPEN COLLECTION

Storefront API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spree Commerce Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 2

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.

Spree Commerce Authentication

apiKey/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Spree Commerce Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Spree Commerce Agentic Access

524 operations · 311 acting · 5 human-in-the-loop

524 operations · 311 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Every other property we hold for Spree Commerce — 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 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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Where this information came from

This is an independent, third-party profile of Spree Commerce, 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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