specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: SpaceX (Community API)
providerId: spacex
created: '2026-05-29'
modified: '2026-05-29'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Open Source
  - Free
  - Community
description: >-
  The community r-spacex/SpaceX-API has no commercial offering. The hosted
  endpoint (https://api.spacexdata.com) is free, unauthenticated for reads,
  and operated on a best-effort basis by the r-spacex community. Self-hosting
  is supported via the public Apache 2.0 source code and the published Docker
  image (jakewmeyer/spacex-api). Database export snapshots are published at
  https://backups.spacexdata.com so consumers can host their own copy of the
  dataset without depending on the community-operated endpoint.
sources:
  - https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API
  - https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/blob/master/LICENSE
  - https://hub.docker.com/r/jakewmeyer/spacex-api/
  - https://backups.spacexdata.com
plans:
  - id: spacex-community-free
    name: Community Free
    type: free
    description: >-
      Hosted community endpoint at https://api.spacexdata.com. Free,
      unauthenticated reads. No SLA. In maintenance-only mode as of 2024.
    entries:
      - label: API requests
        name: requests
        type: included
        metric: request
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: All read endpoints (capsules, company, cores, crew, dragons, history, landpads, launches, launchpads, payloads, roadster, rockets, ships, starlink)
      - name: GraphQL community gateways (e.g. SpaceXLand/api)
      - name: Postman collection
      - name: Database export snapshots (backups.spacexdata.com)
  - id: spacex-self-hosted
    name: Self-Hosted (Apache 2.0)
    type: free
    description: >-
      Run the open-source project yourself from source or the published Docker
      image. License is Apache 2.0; no payment to the project required. You are
      responsible for hosting, MongoDB, Redis cache, and refreshing the dataset
      from the published backups.
    entries:
      - label: License fee
        name: license
        type: included
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Apache 2.0 source license
      - name: Official Docker image (jakewmeyer/spacex-api)
      - name: MongoDB-compatible storage
      - name: Redis cache (optional but recommended)