Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 26 Oct 2026, the same day before this check.
Latest release v1.36.1 on 12 Oct 2026.
Public since December 2020, a little over 5 years.
3,837 stars and 343 forks.
327 commits and 33 new issues in the last 90 days.
169 contributors. 328 pull requests merged in 90 days.
A security policy says how to report a problem. 13 published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
When you want your app to talk to a web service, you usually have to learn a custom software kit. This tool reads a standard web service description file and writes the code for you. You get ready-to-use functions with autocomplete and error checking in your editor. It costs you nothing to run, but you need to regenerate your client code whenever the web service changes. It supports popular languages like C#, Go, Java, Python, and TypeScript.
What it is
Kiota is a command-line utility (a program you run in your terminal by typing text commands) that generates HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the underlying language of the web) client code. It parses an OpenAPI (a standard format for describing web APIs) specification and outputs a consistent SDK (software development kit, a set of tools that helps developers write apps for a specific service) across multiple programming languages.
What it is good for
Solo builders who need to integrate several different third-party web services into their application without learning a new HTTP library for every single one.
- Generates clean, strongly typed client code from any standard API description.
- Keeps the same calling style across different programming languages.
- Reduces manual boilerplate when calling external web services.
- Requires command-line usage and familiarity with OpenAPI description files.
- Generated clients must be updated manually whenever the target API changes.
- Some supported languages are still in preview or lack full feature parity.
manual HTTP fetch calls and custom API wrapper classes
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dotnet tool install --global Microsoft.Kiota