specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Studio Ghibli API
providerId: studio-ghibli
created: '2026-05-29'
modified: '2026-05-29'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Free
  - Public API
  - Open Source
  - Anime
  - Read-Only
description: >-
  The Studio Ghibli API (https://github.com/janaipakos/ghibliapi) is a free,
  unofficial, fan-made, MIT-licensed open-source REST API. There is no
  authentication, no metering, no paid tier, and no commercial offering. Self-hosting
  the project is also free of charge — the canonical instance moved from Heroku
  (free tier ended 2022-11-28) to Vercel and is operated as a community resource.
  Users who want guaranteed availability are encouraged to fork the repo and host
  their own copy.
sources:
  - https://github.com/janaipakos/ghibliapi
  - https://ghibliapi.vercel.app
  - https://github.com/janaipakos/ghibliapi/blob/master/LICENSE
plans:
  - id: studio-ghibli-free
    name: Free / Public
    type: freemium
    description: Free, anonymous access to all five resource collections. No registration, no API key, no quotas, no paid upgrade path.
    entries:
      - label: API requests
        name: api_requests
        type: flat
        metric: request
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: List Films
      - name: Get Film By Id
      - name: List People
      - name: Get Person By Id
      - name: List Locations
      - name: Get Location By Id
      - name: List Species
      - name: Get Species By Id
      - name: List Vehicles
      - name: Get Vehicle By Id
      - name: No authentication required
      - name: MIT-licensed source available for self-hosting