# 1backend/1backend

Build AI (or any) apps with scalable microservices & microfrontends.

Repository: https://github.com/1backend/1backend
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/1backend
Homepage: https://1backend.com
Language: Go
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: paas, microservices, ai, on-premise, on-premise-ai, microservices-platform, ai-platform, backend-framework, self-hosted
Last push: 2026-05-27T20:41:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 51, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3215, "days_push": 98, "days_rel": 325, "gap_med": 18, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2342, forks 120 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:39.177312+00:00)

## What it is
1Backend is an AI-native microservices platform written in Go that combines a framework, proxy, and runtime for building distributed applications. It provides built-in services for auth, users, containers, LLMs, email, files, and more, with multitenant support and microfrontend routing.

## Use cases
- build ai apps with scalable microservices
- self-host llm inference in containers
- run multiple apps on one install with multitenancy
- avoid hand-rolling auth and user management for microservices
- deploy microservices and microfrontends on-premise
- build a distributed backend platform without infrastructure overhead

## When to choose
- you want a batteries-included platform for distributed AI applications
- you need on-premise or self-hosted AI model serving with container orchestration
- you want built-in auth, users, email, and file services out of the box
- you prefer language-agnostic services communicating over OpenAPI-defined APIs

## When to avoid
- you need a battle-tested, mature platform for large enterprise production workloads
- you prefer composing individual best-of-breed tools rather than an opinionated all-in-one platform
- your project is a simple monolith with no distributed-systems needs
- you require a permissive license since 1Backend is AGPL-3.0

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: microservices, auth, orm, llm-inference, api-gateway, deployment, email, secrets-management, http-server, routing
- domain: microservices, large-language-models, backend, self-hosted, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: go, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: paas, microfrontends, ai-platform, distributed-systems, multitenant, on-premise-ai, openapi, docker, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- 1backend/1backend (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:39.177312+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:37:16.341974+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/1backend/1backend (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:39.177312+00:00, sha 4d60a088e3ca)
  - homepage: https://1backend.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:46.268672+00:00, sha 2262fd87ecdd)
  - site_page: https://1backend.com/docs/intro (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:46.277681+00:00, sha 7b50053cb03a)
  - site_page: https://1backend.com/docs/category/1backend-api (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:46.279754+00:00, sha b4b9473cc2a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.