apache/dubbo
The java implementation of Apache Dubbo. An RPC and microservice framework. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 84
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 27
- age_days: 5188
- days_rel: 108
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
41555 stars · 26386 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Apache Dubbo is a high-performance RPC and microservice framework for Java (with multi-language SDKs) that provides service discovery, traffic management, observability, and security for building enterprise-grade microservices. It supports multiple protocols including Triple (gRPC-compatible), Dubbo2 TCP, REST, and gRPC, and integrates with registries like Nacos, Zookeeper, and Istio for cloud-native deployments.
Use cases
- build rpc services in java
- microservice framework with service discovery
- replace spring cloud for inter-service communication
- grpc-compatible rpc with traffic management
- deploy microservices on kubernetes with istio
- load balancing and routing rules for services
- zero-trust service-to-service authentication with mTLS
- observability metrics and tracing for distributed services
When to choose
- building large-scale java microservices needing rpc, discovery, and traffic governance in one framework
- you want gRPC-compatible or multi-protocol communication with built-in load balancing and routing
- deploying on kubernetes with proxyless or sidecar service mesh integration
- you need production-proven scalability for millions of instances and high-throughput calls
When to avoid
- you need a lightweight single-service http api without distributed service governance
- your stack is non-JVM and other language SDKs lack maturity compared to the Java implementation
- you already standardized on Spring Cloud or Istio and do not need Dubbo's programming model
- simple request/response REST APIs where a plain web framework suffices
Facets
framework · maturity stable
rpc microservices service-discovery api-gateway middleware serialization monitoring tracing rate-limiting security web-framework microservices backend web-development cloud-computing developer-tools jvm cross-platform cloud self-hosted rpc-framework service-mesh triple-protocol grpc-compatible spring-boot traffic-management load-balancing istio proxyless-mesh apache java microservices kubernetes docker
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/apache/dubbo · fetched 2026-08-28 · d91935c3cdc4
- homepage: https://dubbo.apache.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 15e2d89a36cd
- site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/service-discovery · fetched 2026-08-29 · 50e355ee300d
- site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/traffic · fetched 2026-08-29 · ea15bd76dc03
- site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/protocols · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3722be12aa4c
- site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/extensibility · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2fb111eb4f81
- site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/zh-cn/overview/what/core-features/service-mesh · fetched 2026-08-29 · da743db95c2c
- site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/observability · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1574b005864f
- site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/security · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6a8749b7c613
- site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/home · fetched 2026-08-29 · 97b879c0240b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| apache/dubbo | main | 94 |
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