# atomix/atomix

A Kubernetes toolkit for building distributed applications using cloud native principles

Repository: https://github.com/atomix/atomix
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/atomix
Homepage: https://atomix.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: atomix, raft, consensus, distributed-systems, data-structures, go, kubernetes
Last push: 2024-06-23T16:22:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4601, "days_push": 801, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2362, forks 385 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:41.001854+00:00)

## What it is
Atomix is a cloud native runtime and toolkit for building stateful, scalable distributed applications on Kubernetes. It exposes high-level distributed primitives (maps, locks, counters, etc.) via unified gRPC interfaces, decoupling applications from specific data stores and consensus protocols.

## Use cases
- build distributed data structures like maps and locks on kubernetes
- add raft consensus coordination to cloud native services
- decouple microservices from specific datastore implementations
- implement leader election and coordination primitives for distributed apps
- prototype distributed systems with unified grpc apis
- build stateful scalable applications in go on kubernetes

## When to choose
- you are building distributed applications on Kubernetes and want high-level coordination primitives
- you want to decouple your app from specific data stores behind a unified gRPC API
- you need Raft-based consensus, locks, or leader election in Go services

## When to avoid
- you need a simple single-node application with no distributed coordination
- you are not running on Kubernetes or a similar cloud native environment
- you need a battle-tested, actively developed alternative like etcd or Consul for core coordination

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: microservices, concurrency, rpc, database, caching, message-queue, workflow-automation
- domain: microservices, cloud-computing, developer-tools, databases
- platform: go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: distributed-primitives, raft-consensus, grpc, stateful-applications, cloud-native, coordination, containers, kubernetes, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- atomix/atomix (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.001854+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 2026-08-30T02:36:03.790890+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/atomix/atomix (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:41.001854+00:00, sha 084c97e864d9)
  - homepage: https://atomix.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:16:30.768281+00:00, sha ee3dbc957a10)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.