aid: drone
name: Drone
description: >-
  Drone is an open-source, container-native continuous integration and continuous
  delivery platform that automates software build, testing, and deployment pipelines
  entirely through Docker containers. Acquired by Harness in 2021, Drone enables
  development teams to define pipelines as code using simple YAML configuration
  files committed alongside their source code. The platform provides a comprehensive
  REST API for managing builds, repositories, secrets, cron jobs, templates, and
  user accounts in both self-hosted and cloud deployments. Drone supports multiple
  source control providers including GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket, and
  GitLab, and is available as a free open-source edition (Apache 2 license) or a
  paid enterprise edition for larger organizations.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/drone/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: "2026-06-12"
modified: "2026-06-12"
specificationVersion: "0.19"
tags:
  - CI/CD
  - Continuous Integration
  - Continuous Delivery
  - DevOps
  - Containers
  - Docker
  - Build Automation
  - Open Source
  - Self-Hosted
apis:
  - aid: drone:drone-api
    name: Drone REST API
    description: >-
      The Drone REST API provides programmatic access to the Drone CI/CD platform,
      enabling management of builds, repositories, secrets, cron jobs, templates,
      and user accounts. Authentication is performed using bearer tokens retrieved
      from the Drone user interface profile page. The API supports operations across
      seven resource categories including builds (approve, create, decline, list,
      logs, promote, restart, stop), cron jobs, repositories, secrets, templates,
      individual user profile, and administrative user management.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/overview/
    baseURL: https://your-drone-server/api
    tags:
      - Builds
      - Repositories
      - Secrets
      - Cron Jobs
      - Templates
      - Users
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.drone.io/api/overview/
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://docs.drone.io/api/overview/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/drone-api-openapi.yml
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.drone.io/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.drone.io/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/drone
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drone-io
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.drone.io
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://docs.drone.io/enterprise/
  - type: X
    url: https://twitter.com/droneio
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/drone-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/drone-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/drone-finops.yml
  - type: BlogRSS
    url: https://blog.drone.io/index.xml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/drone-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/drone-context.jsonld
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com