APIGravity
APIGravity is a proposed, hypothetical metric intended to quantify the overall appeal and ease of adoption of an application programming interface (API) from a developer's perspective. It combines factors such as onboarding complexity, documentation quality, reliability, performance, ecosystem richness, and cost into a single score.
The score is typically normalized to a 0–100 scale and computed as a weighted aggregation of submetrics.
Data sources for APIGravity may include telemetry from API clients, provider dashboards, developer surveys, and external
Applications include vendor selection, API product management, and developer experience optimization. Tracking APIGravity over time can
Limitations include subjectivity in weighting, variability by use case, and potential data biases. A high APIGravity