Fair use
Free access and fair-use limits
StreetKit is free to use, subject to fair-use limits. Those limits help keep the hosted service reliable, affordable, and available for everyone using the shared public infrastructure.
The short version
StreetKit is intended to be easy to try, useful for small projects, and practical for normal browser-based address and location workflows. Free access does not mean unlimited automated use at any volume.
Fair-use limits protect StreetKit address data, reduce abusive traffic, and keep hosting and data-processing costs under control. They may change as StreetKit matures and as real usage patterns become clearer.
Supporters and sponsors help cover hosting, data processing, monitoring, documentation, maintenance, and new demos.
Public and community access
Public access is for demos, hobby projects, community use, evaluation, small projects, and other low-volume browser-like usage. It does not require registration.
https://index.streetkit.smp.kiwi/public/v1/meta.jsonPublic/community traffic may receive more conservative treatment than traffic that can be labelled with a registered site identifier. If a real project outgrows public/community access, use the documented registered access path when it is available instead of trying to work around the public endpoint.
Registered or site-identified access
Registered or site-identified browser access may receive better treatment or higher practical limits when available. It lets StreetKit classify real integrations more accurately than fully anonymous public traffic.
https://index.streetkit.smp.kiwi/c/{siteId}/v1/meta.json
When a siteId is used, the widget can label
registered StreetKit address data requests by appending a public site
marker.
https://index.streetkit.smp.kiwi/c/{siteId}/v1/meta.json
A siteId is public. It is visible in browser
JavaScript, request URLs, metadata, logs, and developer tools. It
is not authentication, not a secret, not an API key, not a bearer
token, and not proof of site ownership.
What fair-use limits may include
- Request throttling for unusually high request rates.
- Temporary slowdowns or challenges for suspicious patterns.
- Blocking abusive, scraping, malformed, or cache-busting traffic.
- Protection for StreetKit address data resources.
- Different treatment for public/community traffic and registered/site-identified traffic.
- Operational changes as the service matures.
What support and sponsorship do not do
Support and sponsorship help keep StreetKit available, but they do not buy exclusive access to the public service.
- Support does not automatically remove fair-use limits.
- Support does not create unlimited usage rights on the public hosted service.
- Support does not create a private SLA or support contract unless separately agreed.
- Support does not make StreetKit an official, postal, courier, or delivery-certified service.
Support paths
The preferred support path is a simple public payment or sponsorship option when links are configured. This is intended for people and organisations that want to help cover the ongoing cost of StreetKit's public tools.
- Support StreetKit through the public support section.
- Use the suggested tiers as a guide for developers, small sites, operational teams, agencies, and sponsors.
- Discuss custom sponsorship separately for larger organisations or public-good projects.
Sponsorship helps keep StreetKit available. It does not remove fair-use limits or create a private support contract unless agreed separately.