Bible APIs and SDKs
Bible APIs, SDKs, and MCP servers help you add Scripture to an app or website. These tools supply Bible text, audio, or an embedded reader through a developer integration. For an app you can open and read directly, browse Bible apps. The broader developer category also includes job boards, communities, and other tools.
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YouVersion Platform Services
Free developer platform from Life.Church’s YouVersion team with REST APIs and SDKs for embedding licensed Bible text, Sign in with YouVersion, and an open-source reader. First partners include BibleProject and Come and See (The Chosen); installable AI Skills help coding agents use the APIs.
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Bible MCP
A free remote MCP server by Cameron Pak that lets AI assistants fetch verified Bible text from AO Lab's Free Use Bible API instead of inventing verses. Public source on Val Town; connect at https://bible-mcp.faith.tools/mcp.
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Bible Brain API
Bible Brain is Faith Comes By Hearing's developer API for Bible text, audio, and video across thousands of languages. Request an API key and build multilingual Scripture apps against documented REST endpoints.
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API.Bible
A Bible API for developers: access hundreds of text and audio Bible versions in 145+ languages through clean REST endpoints, built by American Bible Society's Digital Bible Lab and reliably maintained for over 15 years. Free Starter and Pro plans, per-translation commercial licensing, negotiated Enterprise plans, and an official TypeScript SDK (React and Python SDKs coming soon).
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Bolls Bible API
A free, open-source Bible API and reading platform offering 146+ translations in 31 languages with endpoints for chapters, verses, search (including vector/semantic search added July 2026), version comparison, Hebrew/Greek dictionary definitions, and a Reference Tagging Tool — built by a Ukrainian developer with a Sola Scriptura conviction, actively maintained as of October 2026, available on web, Android, Windows, and Linux.
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Free Use Bible API
A free, open-source JSON API by AO Lab serving 1,256 Bible translations across 1,004 languages with no API keys, no usage limits, and no copyright restrictions, with an official JavaScript/TypeScript SDK, commentary and dataset endpoints, bulk downloads for offline use, and a growing ecosystem of community integrations including MCP servers, an iOS Bible Atlas (Sacra Tabula), a Minecraft plugin, and a Roblox wrapper.
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