# hprose/hprose-golang

Hprose is a cross-language RPC. This project is Hprose for Golang.

Repository: https://github.com/hprose/hprose-golang
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hprose-golang
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rpc, rpc-framework, rpc-client, rpc-server, rpc-library, rpc-api, api, hprose, go, golang, cross-platform, cross-language, cross-domain, cross-device, serialization, serializer, serialize, serialization-library
Last push: 2024-02-18T04:29:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4583, "days_push": 927, "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 1255, forks 199 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:08.921114+00:00)

## What it is
Hprose for Golang is a lightweight, high-performance, cross-language RPC library that lets Go services communicate with clients and servers written in many other languages. It provides dynamic remote object invocation with built-in serialization across platforms and devices.

## Use cases
- build a Go RPC server callable from PHP, Java, or Python clients
- call Go services from JavaScript in the browser
- implement cross-language microservice communication
- serialize and exchange objects between different programming languages
- replace gRPC with a simpler dynamic RPC middleware
- connect mobile apps to a Go backend over RPC

## When to choose
- you need RPC between heterogeneous languages and platforms
- you want a lightweight, easy-to-learn RPC middleware in Go
- you need dynamic remote object invocation rather than strict schema-first contracts

## When to avoid
- your stack is homogeneous Go-to-Go and you prefer gRPC or net/rpc
- you need first-class streaming or bidirectional gRPC-style features
- you require a large active community and frequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: rpc, serialization, middleware
- domain: microservices, apis, backend, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: rpc-framework, cross-language, remote-procedure-call, serialization-library, microservices

## Member repositories
- hprose/hprose-golang (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.921114+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 2026-08-30T05:07:19.817842+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hprose/hprose-golang (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.921114+00:00, sha 01bc9bb4944a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.