# koding/kite

Micro-service framework in Go

Repository: https://github.com/koding/kite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kite
Homepage: https://godoc.org/github.com/koding/kite
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, web-framework, discovery-service, authentication-backend
Last push: 2018-10-28T20:12:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4577, "days_push": 2866, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3260, forks 302 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:52.632210+00:00)

## What it is
Kite is a Go framework for building micro-services where each service (a 'kite') acts as both an RPC server and client, communicating over WebSocket using the dnode protocol. It includes Kontrol, a service registry and authentication service for discovering and connecting kites, with browser clients supported directly.

## Use cases
- build microservices in go
- service discovery for go services
- rpc between go services over websocket
- connect browser apps directly to backend services
- service registry with authentication
- bidirectional communication between distributed services

## When to choose
- you are already invested in the Koding ecosystem or maintaining existing kite-based services
- you need websocket-based bidirectional RPC with browser clients in Go

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the last release was 2018 and the project is unmaintained
- you need a modern, actively maintained microservice or gRPC framework
- you need high-throughput or standardized RPC protocols

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: rpc, websocket, service-discovery, web-framework, auth, api-framework
- domain: microservices, backend, developer-tools, apis
- platform: go, windows, cross-platform
- tags: microservices, dnode-protocol, kontrol, service-registry, bidirectional-communication, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- koding/kite (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.632210+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 2026-08-29T18:43:52.323521+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/koding/kite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.632210+00:00, sha 33ff549b6d3b)
  - homepage: https://godoc.org/github.com/koding/kite (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:45.132251+00:00, sha df6675d399a2)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:45.144918+00:00, sha 757852027879)
  - site_page: https://go.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:45.147102+00:00, sha 8b6453863a90)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/koding/kite (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:45.142234+00:00, sha 172e6da98f41)
  - site_page: https://go.dev/project (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:45.149278+00:00, sha d5ca00bb378b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.