aid: carserv
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/carserv.png
name: CarServ
description: >-
  CarServ was auto repair shop management software — marketed as "the operating
  system for auto repair" — used by single-site shops and multi-location repair
  groups to run repair orders, Digital Vehicle Inspections, technician and service
  advisor workflows, customer communication and payments. The company was backed by
  Techstars. It is no longer operating: carserv.com returned HTTP 410 Gone through
  late 2024 and now resolves to a registrar parking page delegated to Afternic name
  servers. CarServ shipped a read-only JSON:API v2 "Public API" covering repair
  orders, customers, vehicles, appointments, inspections, operations and their part,
  labor and sublet line items, authenticated by exchanging an API key and secret for
  a JWT bearer token. No OpenAPI definition, developer portal or documentation
  survives; this profile reconstructs the historical API contract from the company's
  own open-source Ruby client library, which remains public on GitHub.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carserv/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: historical
x-tier-reason: company-defunct-api-reconstructed-from-first-party-sdk
x-status: defunct
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Automotive
- Auto Repair
- Shop Management
- Vehicle Inspection
- Field Service
- SaaS
- JSON API
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://carserv.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/CarServ
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/CarServ/public_api_client
- type: Packages
  url: packages/carserv-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/carserv-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/carserv-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/carserv-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/carserv-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/carserv-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/carserv-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/carserv-lifecycle.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/carserv-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/carserv-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 10
  pass: local-v1