afex/hystrix-go
Netflix's Hystrix latency and fault tolerance library, for Go observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4644
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 921
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4399 stars · 482 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Go port of Netflix's Hystrix latency and fault tolerance library. It lets developers wrap calls to remote systems in commands with timeouts, circuit breaking, and programmer-defined fallbacks to prevent cascading failures.
Use cases
- add circuit breakers to Go service calls
- prevent cascading failures in distributed systems
- define fallback behavior when downstream services are down
- apply timeouts and health checks to remote calls
- isolate access to third-party APIs in Go
When to choose
- you want Hystrix-style resilience patterns in a Go application
- your service depends on remote systems that can fail or be slow
- you need graceful degradation via fallback functions
When to avoid
- you are starting a new project and can use actively maintained alternatives like sony/gobreaker or failsafe-go
- you need the full Java Hystrix feature set or dashboard integration
- your application is single-process with no remote dependencies
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
concurrency middleware rate-limiting monitoring microservices backend developer-tools go cross-platform circuit-breaker fault-tolerance resilience hystrix fallbacks bulkhead
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/afex/hystrix-go · fetched 2026-08-28 · 98954d619aa5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| afex/hystrix-go | main | 32 |
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