---
id: "apicurio"
type: "component"
kind: "schema-registry"
provider: "default"
category: "data"
docs: "https://www.apicur.io/registry/docs/"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/apicurio"
---

# Apicurio Registry

Open-source schema and API registry with no compatibility rule by default.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [default](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=default) |
| Kind | [Schema registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/schema-registry) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://www.apicur.io/registry/docs/](https://www.apicur.io/registry/docs/) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `compatibility` | enum | `none`, `backward`, `forward`, `full` | no | "backward" | **"none"** |
| `enforced` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `schemaFormat` | enum | `avro`, `protobuf`, `json-schema`, `openapi`, `asyncapi` | no | "avro" | inherited |
| `storage` | enum | `in-memory`, `sql`, `kafkasql` | no | "in-memory" | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 7

- [Amazon EventBridge Schema Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-eventbridge-schemas.md) `aws-eventbridge-schemas` — aws
- [AWS Glue Schema Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/glue-schema-registry.md) `glue-schema-registry` — aws
- [Azure Schema Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-schema-registry.md) `azure-schema-registry` — azure
- [Confluent Schema Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/confluent-schema-registry.md) `confluent-schema-registry` — default
- [Karapace](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/karapace.md) `karapace` — default
- [Generic schema registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/schema-registry.md) `schema-registry` — default
- [Pub/Sub schema](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-pubsub-schema.md) `google-pubsub-schema` — gcp

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "apicurio", component: "apicurio" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Apicurio Registry: open-source registry; no compatibility rule is applied until one is
# configured, in-memory storage by default.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "apicurio"
kind: "schema-registry"
provider: "default"
docs: "https://www.apicur.io/registry/docs/"
defaults:
  compatibility: "none"
  enforced: false
  managed: false
properties:
  storage:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["in-memory", "sql", "kafkasql"]
    default: "in-memory"
  schemaFormat:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["avro", "protobuf", "json-schema", "openapi", "asyncapi"]
    default: "avro"
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/apicurio