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roma-glushko/awesome-distributed-system-projects resource

🚀 List of distributed system projects for inspiration and learning to build distributed services from real world examples observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/roma-glushko/awesome-distributed-system-projects observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1884
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 855
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1121 stars · 93 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A curated awesome-list of open-source distributed systems projects (databases, commit logs, file systems, locks) across languages like Go, Java, Rust, C++, and Erlang. It serves as inspiration and study material for developers who want to understand how real-world distributed services are built.

Use cases

  • find open source distributed database projects to study
  • learn how distributed systems like Kafka or TiKV are implemented
  • get inspiration for building my own distributed service
  • find real-world examples of Raft consensus implementations
  • discover distributed file system and distributed lock projects
  • pick a codebase to read to learn distributed systems engineering

When to choose

  • you want a curated catalog of real distributed systems codebases to read or learn from
  • you need inspiration for a distributed systems side project or portfolio piece
  • you want language-specific examples (Go, Java, Rust, C++, Erlang) of distributed infrastructure

When to avoid

  • you need a runnable distributed systems framework or library rather than a list of links
  • you want tutorials or courses instead of pointers to production codebases
  • you need a maintained tool to include directly in your stack

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

database developer-tools microservices databases developer-tools tutorials cross-platform awesome-list distributed-systems learning-projects curated-list open-source-projects

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