# alibaba/dubbo-spring-boot-starter

Dubbo Spring Boot Starter

Repository: https://github.com/alibaba/dubbo-spring-boot-starter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dubbo-spring-boot-starter
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: spring-boot, dubbo
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-06-14T10:43:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3512, "days_push": 3002, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2075, forks 735 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:10.744096+00:00)

## What it is
A Spring Boot starter that integrates the Dubbo RPC framework, enabling publishing and consuming Dubbo services via annotations like @EnableDubboConfiguration, @Service, and @Reference. It is the legacy Alibaba variant, superseded by the official Apache dubbo-spring-boot-project.

## Use cases
- expose dubbo services in a spring boot app
- consume dubbo rpc services with @Reference injection
- add dubbo to spring boot via application.properties
- build microservices with dubbo and spring boot

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Spring Boot 1.x app already using the com.alibaba.spring.boot starter
- you need a minimal annotation-driven Dubbo integration on JDK 6+

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use the official Apache dubbo-spring-boot-project instead
- you need recent Spring Boot 2.x/3.x support or active maintenance
- you want modern Dubbo 3 features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: rpc, middleware, microservices
- domain: backend, microservices, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: dubbo, spring-boot-starter, service-provider, service-consumer, rpc-framework-integration, spring-boot

## Member repositories
- alibaba/dubbo-spring-boot-starter (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.744096+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 2026-08-30T02:56:16.647880+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alibaba/dubbo-spring-boot-starter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.744096+00:00, sha 9f0ae5fb7e8b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.