DeFi protocols API

Which protocols are code forks of this protocol?

The protocols built on a copy of one DeFi protocol's code, with their category and value locked today, and what it is itself a fork of.

GET/api/external/protocol-analysis/protocol-forks/{slug}

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What it returns

Every protocol built on a copy of this protocol's code, with its category and the value locked in it today in USD, most value first, and the protocols this one is itself a fork of. A protocol nothing forks answers an empty forks; one that forks nothing, an empty forkOf. A fork listed under two protocols appears under both. The slug is the one GET /protocol-analysis/protocols lists; an unknown slug answers 404.

Chains

This endpoint is not tied to a chain: it takes no chain in its request.

Request

Send your key in the x-dex-data-key header. Replace each <placeholder> with a real value.

curl -H "x-dex-data-key: $DEXDATA_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.dexdata.io/api/external/protocol-analysis/protocol-forks/<slug>"

Parameters
Parameter	Description
`slug` path · string · required	A DeFi protocol's slug, e.g. "pancakeswap-amm" — not a token mint or contract address, and not scoped to any single chain.

Response fields

A JSON response. Every field is always present; null means the value could not be established, never zero.

Response fields of Which protocols are code forks of this protocol?
Field	Type	Description
`slug`	string	The protocol asked about.
`name`	string	Its name.
`forkCount`	integer	How many protocols are forks of it.
`forks`	object[]	Most value locked first, unknown value last, then by name.
`forks[].slug`	string \| null	Its slug, or `null` when the protocol directory does not list it.
`forks[].name`	string	The protocol.
`forks[].category`	string \| null	What kind of protocol it is, e.g. `Dexs` or `Lending`.
`forks[].tvl`	number \| null	The value locked in it today, in USD.
`forkOf`	object[]	The protocols it is itself a fork of, by name.
`forkOf[].slug`	string \| null	Its slug, or `null` when the protocol directory does not list it.
`forkOf[].name`	string	The protocol.

Price per call

Every call: 101 credits

Charged only when the call succeeds. Prices as of 2026-10-30; the current ones are always in the API reference.

Protocol forks brief: the largest forks of a protocol
The same answer in a compact response
One DeFi protocol's identity and per-chain TVL
The same protocol's identity and its value locked right now, by chain.
DeFi protocol directory
The directory the slug comes from.
How much value is locked in this protocol's forks, over time?
The same forks one by one, with the value locked in each today.
What does this protocol hold in its own treasury right now?
The value a DeFi protocol's treasury holds today, per chain, with its own token kept apart from everything else.
How much does this protocol earn or trade, and on which chains?
One DeFi protocol's fees, revenue or trading volume over the last 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days and year, in total and per chain.

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