aid: lobsters
name: Lobsters
description: >-
  Lobsters is a technology-focused link aggregation and community discussion
  platform. Its public REST API provides access to stories, comments, tags,
  and user profiles, returning JSON representations of community-submitted
  technology links, ranked and filtered by the community.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lobsters/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: "2026-06-13"
modified: "2026-06-13"
specificationVersion: "0.19"
type: Index
tags:
  - Link Aggregation
  - Community
  - Technology
  - News
  - Stories
  - Comments
  - Tags
apis:
  - name: Lobsters API
    description: >-
      The Lobsters public API provides read access to stories, comments, tags,
      and user profiles from the technology-focused link aggregation community.
      Endpoints return JSON and are available without authentication for public
      data. Stories can be retrieved by newest or hottest ranking, filtered by
      tag, and paginated by page number.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://lobste.rs
    baseURL: https://lobste.rs
    tags:
      - Stories
      - Comments
      - Tags
      - Users
      - Link Aggregation
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lobsters/refs/heads/main/openapi.yml
      - type: GitHubRepository
        url: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lobsters/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lobsters/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
      - type: FinOps
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lobsters/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Lobsters
        url: https://lobste.rs/about
common:
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters
  - type: About
    url: https://lobste.rs/about
  - type: Tags
    url: https://lobste.rs/tags
  - type: RSS
    url: https://lobste.rs/rss
maintainers:
  - FN: API Evangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com
    email: info@apievangelist.com