GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo
Sample cloud-first application with 10 microservices showcasing Kubernetes, Istio, and gRPC. observed · 2026-10-15
Health v2 · maintenance only
89/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 71
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 123
- age_days: 3000
- days_rel: 32
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
21055 stars · 10560 forks observed · 2026-10-15
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Online Boutique is a cloud-first microservices demo application: a web-based e-commerce app composed of 11 polyglot microservices communicating over gRPC. It is used by Google to demonstrate Kubernetes, Istio/Cloud Service Mesh, and Google Cloud products, and runs on any Kubernetes cluster.
Use cases
- demo a microservices architecture on kubernetes
- learn how to deploy microservices with istio service mesh
- sample gRPC application across multiple languages
- test kubernetes deployments with a realistic e-commerce app
- showcase google cloud services like gke and cloud operations
- practice with skaffold and kustomize workflows
When to choose
- you need a realistic multi-service app to demo or test Kubernetes, Istio, or gRPC setups
- you want a polyglot codebase (Go, C#, Node.js, Python, Java) for learning microservices patterns
- you are evaluating Google Cloud products like GKE, Cloud Service Mesh, or Cloud Operations
When to avoid
- you need a production-ready e-commerce platform - payments are mocked and it is a demo
- you want a simple single-service application rather than an 11-service architecture
- you are not using containers or Kubernetes
Facets
application · maturity active
microservices rpc http-server developer-tools deployment microservices cloud-computing e-commerce apis cloud go python self-hosted sample-application istio grpc gke skaffold kustomize terraform online-boutique demo-app service-mesh containers devops kubernetes docker nodejs
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo · fetched 2026-10-15 · 1f44902b2a5f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo | main | 89 |
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