# cobalt api ## license cobalt api code is licensed under [AGPL-3.0](LICENSE). this license allows you to modify, distribute and use the code for any purpose as long as you: - give appropriate credit to the original repo when using or modifying any parts of the code, - provide a link to the license and indicate if changes to the code were made, and - release the code under the **same license** ## running your own instance if you want to run your own instance for whatever purpose, [follow this guide](/docs/run-an-instance.md). it's *highly* recommended to use a docker compose method unless you run for developing/debugging purposes. ## accessing the api currently, there is no publicly accessible main api. we plan on providing a public api for cobalt 10 in some form in the future. we recommend deploying your own instance if you wish to use the latest api. you can access [the documentation](/docs/api.md) for it here. if you are looking for the documentation for the old (7.x) api, you can find it [here](https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/blob/7/docs/api.md)