aid: raft
name: Raft
description: Raft is a consensus algorithm for distributed systems designed to be understandable and provide the same guarantees as Paxos, used for distributed log replication and leader election in fault-tolerant systems.
type: Index
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/raft/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Consensus
  - Distributed Systems
  - Raft
  - Algorithms
  - Replication
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://raft.github.io/
  - type: Paper
    url: https://raft.github.io/raft.pdf
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/raft
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com