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title: "baba APIs for Developers: HebrewCore and baba News API"
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canonical: "https://www.itsbaba.com/developers"
question: "What APIs does baba offer developers?"
answer: "baba (itsbaba.com) makes two developer APIs. baba HebrewCore is the Hebrew language API, the same engine the baba Hebrew translator app runs on: translation, protected values, ICU plurals, nikud, transliteration, RTL display, language detection and a Clinical API, with a free plan of 100,000 characters a month. The baba News API is baba's Israeli news API: 58 Israeli outlets, the Hebrew press translated into English, and stories clustered with the left, center and right split, from $99 a month after a 14-day trial with no card."
description: "Build with baba: baba HebrewCore for Hebrew translation, nikud, transliteration and RTL text, and the baba News API for Israeli news in English and Hebrew."
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updated: "2026-09-27"
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# baba APIs for developers

baba (itsbaba.com) makes two developer APIs.

**baba HebrewCore** is the Hebrew language API, the same engine the baba Hebrew translator app runs on: translation, batch translation, ICU plurals, protected terminology, language detection, transliteration, nikud, RTL display and the Clinical API, with a free plan of 100,000 characters a month.

- Overview: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrewcore
- Sign up: https://hc.itsbaba.com/dashboard
- Docs: https://hc.itsbaba.com/docs · Reference: https://hc.itsbaba.com/reference · OpenAPI: https://hc.itsbaba.com/openapi.json
- MCP: https://hc.itsbaba.com/mcp (16 tools)

**The baba News API** is baba's Israeli news API: 58 Israeli outlets, the Hebrew press translated into English, and stories clustered with the left, center and right split, from $99 a month after a 14-day trial with no card.

- Overview: https://www.itsbaba.com/baba-news-api
- Start: https://news.itsbaba.com/developers
- Endpoints: https://news.itsbaba.com/developers/docs/endpoints · OpenAPI: https://news.itsbaba.com/api/v1/openapi.json
- MCP: https://news.itsbaba.com/mcp (16 read tools)

Each API has its own account access, keys and usage limits. A consumer baba or News Plus subscription does not include developer API usage.

## Developer guides

- Hebrew API hub: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-api
- Best Hebrew API: https://www.itsbaba.com/best-hebrew-api
- Best Hebrew translation API: https://www.itsbaba.com/best-hebrew-translation-api
- Best Hebrew news API: https://www.itsbaba.com/best-hebrew-news-api
- Israeli news API: https://www.itsbaba.com/israeli-news-api
- Hebrew nikud API: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-nikud-api
- Hebrew transliteration API: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-transliteration-api
- Hebrew RTL display API: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-rtl-api
- Hebrew language detection API: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-language-detection-api
- Medical Hebrew translation API: https://www.itsbaba.com/medical-hebrew-translation-api
- Hebrew and Israeli MCP servers: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-mcp-server
- Google Translate API alternative for Hebrew: https://www.itsbaba.com/google-translate-api-hebrew-alternative
- DeepL API alternative for Hebrew: https://www.itsbaba.com/deepl-api-hebrew-alternative
- Free Hebrew API: https://www.itsbaba.com/free-hebrew-api
- Hebrew localization API: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-localization-api