aid: dvc
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dvc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: DVC
x-type: opensource
description: >-
  DVC (Data Version Control) is an Apache 2.0 open-source CLI and Python library for
  versioning datasets, models, pipelines, and ML experiments on top of Git. It is not
  a network service — there is no DVC REST API.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - ML
  - MLOps
  - Versioning
  - CLI
  - Open Source
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: dvc:dvc-cli
    name: DVC CLI and Python API
    humanURL: https://doc.dvc.org/
    baseURL: local CLI / Python library (no network endpoint)
    tags:
      - CLI
      - Python
      - Library
    description: >-
      DVC ships as a CLI plus a Python API (`dvc.api`). It tracks data and model files
      via pointers stored in Git and pushes payloads to remote storage backends (S3,
      Azure, GCS, SSH, HDFS, HTTP, etc.). There is no DVC server / REST API; data is
      stored on user-owned remotes.
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://doc.dvc.org/
      - type: SourceCode
        url: https://github.com/iterative/dvc
      - type: License
        url: https://github.com/iterative/dvc/blob/main/LICENSE
      - type: SDK
        title: Python (dvc.api)
        url: https://doc.dvc.org/api-reference
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://dvc.org/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://doc.dvc.org/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/iterative/dvc
  - type: ParentOrg
    title: Iterative.ai
    url: https://iterative.ai/
  - type: VSCodeExtension
    url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Iterative.dvc
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/dvc-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/dvc-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/dvc-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com