generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: registry.npmjs.org, pypi.org/pypi, rubygems.org/api/v1 (all queried unauthenticated 2026-09-05); plus https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/dap
  and https://instructure.design/
summary:
  official_client_libraries: 3
  community_client_libraries: 3
  finding: Instructure publishes NO first-party client SDK for the Canvas LMS REST API itself. The three official
    packages below are (a) the Data Access Platform client for Canvas Data 2, (b) the Instructure-authored canvas_sync
    Rails gem, and (c) the Instructure UI component library. The most widely used Canvas REST client, ucfopen/canvasapi,
    is maintained by the University of Central Florida, not by Instructure.
packages:
- language: python
  registry: pypi
  name: instructure-dap-client
  url: https://pypi.org/project/instructure-dap-client/
  install: pip install instructure-dap-client
  official: true
  version: 2.3.0
  published: '2026-08-27'
  covers: Instructure Data Access Platform (Canvas Data 2) — query API client and the `dap` CLI
  docs: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/dap
- language: ruby
  registry: rubygems
  name: canvas_sync
  url: https://rubygems.org/gems/canvas_sync
  install: gem install canvas_sync
  official: true
  version: 0.27.16
  published: '2026-09-01'
  note: Published by "Instructure CustomDev"; homepage instructure.com. Generates Canvas models/migrations and syncs
    Canvas data.
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: '@instructure/ui'
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@instructure/ui
  install: npm install @instructure/ui
  official: true
  version: 11.7.5
  published: '2026-08-26'
  note: Instructure UI (InstUI) — the design system Canvas itself is built from. A UI component library, not an
    API client.
  source_code: https://github.com/instructure/instructure-ui
  docs: https://instructure.design/
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: '@instructure/canvas-rce'
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@instructure/canvas-rce
  install: npm install @instructure/canvas-rce
  official: true
  version: 8.1.0
  published: '2026-05-06'
  note: Canvas Rich Content Editor component, published from instructure/canvas-lms.
- language: python
  registry: pypi
  name: canvasapi
  url: https://pypi.org/project/canvasapi/
  install: pip install canvasapi
  official: false
  version: 3.6.0
  published: '2026-04-16'
  note: Community. Maintained by University of Central Florida - Center for Distributed Learning (ucfopen). The
    de-facto Canvas REST client.
  source_code: https://github.com/ucfopen/canvasapi
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: canvas-lms-api
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/canvas-lms-api
  official: false
  version: 1.0.6
  published: '2026-01-29'
  note: Community (beardon/canvas-lms-api).
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: node-canvas-api
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-canvas-api
  official: false
  version: 2.0.0
  published: '2024-10-30'
  note: Community (University of British Columbia). Last release 2024-10-30 — nearly two years stale against an
    API that ships monthly.