RuneScape Platform API Out Now!

For years, talented members of the RuneScape community have been building incredible tools that bring the world of Gielinor to you, outside of the game itself.

This includes websites that track our progress (RunePixels, Wise Old Man) or Discord tools (such as Friendlybot), which can become a core part of our experience! These tools help us share our adventures, celebrate our milestones, and ultimately, bring us together through a shared love for RuneScape.

As we've continued to expand what's possible with the RuneScape Plugin Hub API, we've also been thinking about how we can better support the talented developers behind the websites and tools outside of the game. We want to give our community more ways to experiment, innovate, and turn their ideas into reality.

So, we're excited to introduce the brand-new RuneScape Platform API!

What is the RuneScape Platform API?

You may already be familiar with what an API is from our recent RuneScape Plugin Hub launch. If you're not, don't worry. The RuneScape Plugin API allows community developers to create plugins that enhance your experience directly within the game.

Our RuneScape Platform API is a separate project, but it shares a similar goal: continue giving community developers better tools to create amazing things for our community. It provides better access to RuneScape data, specifically for progression-tracking websites, Hiscores tools and Discord bots.

We've provided a limited set of APIs for many years, which community developers have figured out through trial-and-error and word of mouth, but these don't live up to modern standards. They're slow, inconsistent, and difficult to work with. Mod Lykos, alongside the Game Services team, has set out to change this – starting with a faster, more streamlined replacement for the RuneMetrics API.

Shaped Alongside Community Developers

Just as we did with the Plugin Hub API, we've already been working closely with a small group of community developers to help shape the new Platform API. We've collaborated with developers behind popular community projects, including RunePixels and Friendlybot, to make sure the new API provides the right information to developers, while making it faster and easier to work with.

If you've been thinking about creating your very own website to track achievements, or perhaps, a Discord bot to share your milestones, be sure to check this out. All the information you need to get started is located in our dedicated documentation hub where you can explore what's available, and keep up with future changes. You can find it over here!

To set some expectations: this is the start of a journey with you rather than a full launch of the Platform API. Migrating everything will take some time, so it's important for us to know what's most important to you so we can prioritise feature requests accordingly.

RuneMetrics - Sunsetting

As our goal with the project is to streamline everything, the legacy RuneMetrics API will be retired on 10 November 2026.

If you're currently using RuneMetrics for a website, Discord bot or another community project, you'll need to review the new API and update your integrations before the shutdown.

To help make this transition easier, we've put together a migration guide explaining the available alternatives and what's changed. You can find it here!

Continue the Conversation in Our Plugin Portal Discord!

The conversation doesn't just stop here. As with the RuneScape Plugin Hub API, this is just the first step of our journey, and we want to continue building a much closer relationship with our talented community developers.

To support this goal, we're adding a dedicated space for Platform API discussions in our existing RuneScape Plugin Discord , as we would like to use this platform to help bring our developer community together in one place.

So, whether you're keen on running a community website, building your first Discord bot, or just want to learn more about the tools being developed, please get involved.

This Discord will be the best place to ask questions, discuss development, share feedback, flag issues and suggest improvements to help shape the future of our API.

Join the Official RuneScape Plugin Discord!

- RuneScape Team