aid: drone-ci
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/drone-ci/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Drone
kind: company
description: >-
  Drone is a container-native open-source continuous delivery platform owned by
  Harness. Pipelines are defined in YAML and executed in Docker containers. The
  Drone server exposes a REST API used by the Drone CLI, dashboard and SDKs;
  Drone is now positioned as the open-source upstream of Harness Continuous
  Integration (Drone Enterprise / Harness CI).
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/drone-ci.png
tags:
  - DevOps
  - CI/CD
  - Container-Native
  - Open Source
  - YAML
  - Harness
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: drone-ci:rest
  name: Drone Server REST API
  description: >-
    Bearer-token authenticated REST API exposed by every Drone server. Endpoints under /api/ for repos,
    builds, cron, secrets, users, templates, logs and queue status. Default port 8080.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - REST
  - Builds
  - Repos
  - Secrets
  - Cron
  - Templates
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.drone.io/api/overview
  - type: SDKGo
    url: https://github.com/drone/go-scm
  - type: SDKNode
    url: https://github.com/drone/drone-node
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-builds-api
  name: Drone Builds API
  description: The Builds API from Drone — 9 operation(s) for builds.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - Builds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-builds-api-openapi.yml
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-cron-api
  name: Drone Cron API
  description: The Cron API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for cron.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - Cron
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-cron-api-openapi.yml
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-secrets-api
  name: Drone Secrets API
  description: The Secrets API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for secrets.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - Secrets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-secrets-api-openapi.yml
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-templates-api
  name: Drone Templates API
  description: The Templates API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for templates.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - Templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-templates-api-openapi.yml
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-user-api
  name: Drone User API
  description: The User API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for user.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-user-api-openapi.yml
common:
  - type: AgenticAccess
    url: agentic-access/drone-ci-agentic-access.yml
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/drone-ci-domain-security.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/drone-ci-authentication.yml
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drone-io
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.drone.io/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.drone.io/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/harness/drone
  - type: Owner
    url: https://www.harness.io/products/continuous-integration
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/drone-ci-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/drone-ci-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/drone-ci-finops.yml
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.harness.io/blog/rss.xml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com