# go-chassis/go-chassis

a cloud native application framework for Go with rich eco-system

Repository: https://github.com/go-chassis/go-chassis
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go-chassis
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: microservice, cloud-native, restful, go, framework, distributed-systems, servicemesh, istio, kubernetes, grpc, go-restful, circuit-breaker, servicecomb
Last push: 2026-08-24T21:29:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3152, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 245, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2725, forks 471 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:15.834418+00:00)

## What it is
Go-Chassis is a cloud-native microservice framework for Go that provides a pluggable handler chain, protocol-independent service invocation, and built-in resilience features like circuit breaking, load balancing, and rate limiting. It integrates with service registries (Service Center, Kubernetes), Prometheus, and OpenTracing to help developers build and operate distributed applications.

## Use cases
- build microservices in go
- add circuit breaker to go services
- service discovery for go applications
- rate limiting and load balancing in go
- distributed tracing with prometheus metrics
- integrate go services with istio or kubernetes
- protocol-independent rpc between services

## When to choose
- building cloud-native microservices in Go that need service discovery and resilience patterns
- you want pluggable protocols (HTTP, gRPC) with unified load balancing and routing
- you need built-in observability via Prometheus and OpenTracing
- you want a ServiceComb-style microservice ecosystem in Go

## When to avoid
- building simple monolithic applications or small REST APIs without distributed concerns
- you prefer lightweight routers like gin or chi with minimal framework overhead
- your team is not invested in the ServiceComb ecosystem
- you need a framework with a larger community than go-chassis offers

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, rpc, middleware, rate-limiting, monitoring, tracing, service-discovery, api-gateway
- domain: microservices, backend, cloud-computing, web-development
- platform: go, windows, cloud
- tags: microservice-framework, cloud-native, circuit-breaker, load-balancing, service-mesh, istio, grpc, restful, servicecomb, handler-chain, devops, linux, macos, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- go-chassis/go-chassis (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:15.834418+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 2026-08-30T02:14:49.680835+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/go-chassis/go-chassis (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:15.834418+00:00, sha ef04eab3d5ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.