# apache/dubbo-admin

The ops and reference implementation for Apache Dubbo.

Repository: https://github.com/apache/dubbo-admin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dubbo-admin
Homepage: https://dubbo.apache.org/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: admin, control-plane, go, kubernetes, microservices, rpc, service-mesh
Last push: 2026-08-22T00:45:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 33, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3156, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 233, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4062, forks 2167 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:34.027693+00:00)

## What it is
Dubbo Admin is the official visualization console and control plane for Apache Dubbo, implemented in Go with a Vue3 frontend. It lets operators view applications, services, and instances in a Dubbo cluster, issue traffic governance rules, and provides service testing, mock, and documentation tools.

## Use cases
- visualize dubbo applications and service dependencies
- manage traffic routing rules for dubbo services
- monitor dubbo cluster health and metrics
- test and mock dubbo services from a console
- manage dubbo services deployed on kubernetes
- govern a dubbo service mesh cluster

## When to choose
- you run Apache Dubbo microservices and need a visual management console
- you want to issue traffic control and routing rules for Dubbo services
- you deploy Dubbo on Kubernetes or a service mesh and need governance tooling

## When to avoid
- you use a microservice framework other than Dubbo such as Spring Cloud or plain gRPC
- you only need metrics dashboards and already use Prometheus/Grafana
- you want a general-purpose API gateway rather than a Dubbo-specific console

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: rpc, monitoring, api-gateway, service-discovery, microservices, developer-tools, gui
- domain: microservices, developer-tools, monitoring, apis, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, go, cross-platform
- tags: dubbo, control-plane, admin-console, service-mesh, traffic-management, service-governance, vue3, observability, kubernetes, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- apache/dubbo-admin (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:34.027693+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 2026-08-29T18:23:34.860756+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apache/dubbo-admin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:34.027693+00:00, sha 89185f11327d)
  - homepage: https://dubbo.apache.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.705553+00:00, sha 15e2d89a36cd)
  - site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/zh-cn/overview/what/core-features/service-mesh (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.710218+00:00, sha da743db95c2c)
  - site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/service-discovery (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.712075+00:00, sha 50e355ee300d)
  - site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/traffic (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.713900+00:00, sha ea15bd76dc03)
  - site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/protocols (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.715883+00:00, sha 3722be12aa4c)
  - site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/extensibility (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.717696+00:00, sha 2fb111eb4f81)
  - site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/observability (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.719593+00:00, sha 1574b005864f)
  - site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/what/core-features/security (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.721170+00:00, sha 6a8749b7c613)
  - site_page: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/home (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:50.708223+00:00, sha 97b879c0240b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.