aid: balena
name: Balena
description: Balena is a complete platform for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Linux devices. The platform
  combines balenaOS, balenaEngine, balenaCloud, the balena CLI, and the balena SDK so teams can build container-based device
  images and continuously deliver them to devices in the field. The balenaCloud REST API exposes device, fleet, release, and
  organization management using OData-style queries.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/balena.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/balena/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
x-docs-platform: gitbook
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-20
tags:
- Containers
- Device Management
- Edge
- Embedded Linux
- Fleet Management
- IoT
- OTA
- Provisioning
- Releases
apis:
- aid: balena:balena-cloud-api
  name: Balena Cloud API
  description: >-
    The balenaCloud REST API is the primary interface to the balena platform. It exposes resources for
    devices, fleets (applications), releases, environment variables, organizations, and user accounts
    with bearer-token authentication and OData-style filtering, field selection, and resource expansion.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Device Management
  - Fleet Management
  - OData
  - Releases
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/#authentication
- aid: balena:balena-fleets-api
  name: Balena Fleets (Applications) API
  description: >-
    Manage balena fleets, formerly known as applications, that group devices and releases for deployment.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/application/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Application
  - Fleet Management
  tags_raw:
  - Applications
  - Fleet Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/application/
- aid: balena:balena-supervisor-api
  name: Balena Supervisor API
  description: >-
    On-device REST API exposed by balena Supervisor for local control of containers, application state,
    host configuration, reboot, shutdown, and update checks.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/supervisor/supervisor-api/
  baseURL: http://127.0.0.1
  tags:
  - Devices
  - Local API
  - Supervisor
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/supervisor/supervisor-api/
- aid: balena:balena-applications-api
  name: Balena Applications API
  description: Fleets (applications)
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Applications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/balena-applications-api-openapi.yml
- aid: balena:balena-device-tags-api
  name: Balena Device Tags API
  description: Tags associated with devices
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Device Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/balena-device-tags-api-openapi.yml
- aid: balena:balena-devices-api
  name: Balena Devices API
  description: Provision, inspect, configure, and remove devices in balenaCloud, including environment variables,
    tags, status, and OS information.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/device/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Devices
  - Provisioning
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/balena-devices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/device/
- aid: balena:balena-releases-api
  name: Balena Releases API
  description: Manage container-based releases and their assets, pinning, and rollout across a fleet.
  humanURL: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/release/
  baseURL: https://api.balena-cloud.com/v7
  tags:
  - Releases
  - OTA
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/balena-releases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/resources/release/
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/balena-capability-edges.yml
  name: Balena Business Capability Map
- type: Plans
  url: plans/balena-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/balena-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/balena-finops.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/balena-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/balena-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/balena-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/balena-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/balena-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.balena.io/
- type: Developer
  url: https://docs.balena.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.balena.io/reference/api/overview/
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/balena-io/balena-sdk
- type: CLI
  url: https://github.com/balena-io/balena-cli
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/balena-io
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.balena.io/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.balena.io/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.balena.io/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.balena.io/support
- type: Community
  url: https://forums.balena.io/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.balena.io/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.balena.io/terms-of-service
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/balena-io/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/balena-io/balena-cli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.balena.io/partners
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.balena.io/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: AWS
- name: Microsoft Azure
- name: Google Cloud
- name: Memfault
- name: Docker
- name: GitHub Actions
- name: Raspberry Pi
- name: NVIDIA Jetson
- name: Intel
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com