Alfresco API
Public REST APIs cover Content, Search, Process, and Governance services, documented on docs.alfresco.com with an API Explorer and an official Java SDK. Alfresco is self hosted open source, so the SDKs target your own deployed repository. Documentation quality is uneven across versions.
Frequently asked questions
Alfresco scores C+ on the API Report Card. Public REST APIs cover Content, Search, Process, and Governance services, documented on docs.alfresco.com with an API Explorer and an official Java SDK. Alfresco is self hosted open source, so the SDKs target your own deployed repository. Documentation quality is uneven across versions.
Alfresco has an official API, but teams routinely hit its limits: gated access, partial coverage, or paid tiers. Most end up supplementing it with exports or an unofficial API layer like Supergood.
Alfresco (now part of Hyland) is an enterprise content management (ECM) / content-services platform offering document management, records management, search, BPM/process services, and governance.
Document Management Systems, Typically for enterprises, government, and regulated industries needing scalable content/records management and process automation. Organizations store, version, search, and govern documents and records; build content-centric workflows via Process Services; and integrate the repository into other applications using the public REST APIs and SDKs.
Long-established, widely deployed ECM with a large open-source community, broad enterprise/government adoption, and a strong G2/TrustRadius/SourceForge footprint; now backed by Hyland's ECM portfolio.
Yes, Documents, records, and content workflows. But the data is fully reachable through documented public REST APIs and official SDKs, so it is not trapped.
Founded 2005; mature platform, actively maintained under Hyland with regular ACS releases (23.x), modern Java SDK 5.x, and ongoing API/connectors updates.
API/documentation considered uneven across versions. Older versions had fragmented/legacy API surfaces. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include OpenText Content Suite, Microsoft SharePoint, Hyland OnBase, Box, Laserfiche. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.
Yes. Supergood maintains an unofficial Alfresco API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write Alfresco data. See the Alfresco integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/alfresco-api.