# nytimes/gizmo

A Microservice Toolkit from The New York Times

Repository: https://github.com/nytimes/gizmo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gizmo
Homepage: https://open.nytimes.com/introducing-gizmo-aa7ea463b208
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, http-server, pubsub, google-pubsub, sns, sqs, kafka, gizmo, googlecloud
Last push: 2026-03-18T21:07:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 55/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 72, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3914, "days_push": 168, "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 3772, forks 225 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.163590+00:00)

## What it is
Gizmo is a Go microservice toolkit from The New York Times providing packages for building HTTP/JSON servers and pubsub daemons with standardized config, logging, metrics, and health checks. It integrates with go-kit and supports Google Pub/Sub, SNS, SQS, and Kafka.

## Use cases
- build microservices in go
- serve http  apis with standardized logging and metrics
- run pubsub consumer daemons
- deploy services on gcp or aws with automatic monitoring
- add health check endpoints to go services

## When to choose
- starting a new go microservice with batteries-included server conventions
- you want go-kit integration with opinionated defaults
- you need pubsub consumers across kafka, sqs, sns, or google pubsub

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the toolkit is in maintenance mode since 2021
- you need a modern actively developed framework
- you want fine-grained control over server internals

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-server, web-framework, message-queue, logging, monitoring, middleware, rpc
- domain: backend, microservices, developer-tools
- platform: go, cloud
- tags: microservice-toolkit, pubsub, go-kit, grpc, new-york-times, health-checks, graceful-shutdown, messaging, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- nytimes/gizmo (main) score 55

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.163590+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 2026-08-29T18:27:52.692396+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nytimes/gizmo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.163590+00:00, sha 7bcb6c3c53b9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.