# nameko/nameko

Python framework for building microservices

Repository: https://github.com/nameko/nameko
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nameko
Homepage: https://www.nameko.io
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, microservices, framework, nameko
Last push: 2024-05-01T22:12:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4936, "days_push": 854, "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 4754, forks 468 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:58.846013+00:00)

## What it is
Nameko is a Python microservices framework that lets developers build services as plain Python classes with entrypoints for AMQP RPC, events (pub-sub), HTTP, and websockets. It handles connections, transports, and concurrency automatically and includes CLI and testing utilities.

## Use cases
- build microservices in python
- rpc between python services over amqp
- expose http endpoints for a service
- pub-sub events between services
- build websocket services in python
- unit and integration test microservices

## When to choose
- building python microservices with amqp-based rpc or events
- you want a class-based service abstraction with managed concurrency
- you need both http and rpc entrypoints in one framework

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured async web framework or rest api framework
- your stack is not python
- you want actively evolving features - development is slow and releases are maintenance-focused

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: rpc, web-framework, websocket, message-queue, microservices, testing, cli
- domain: microservices, backend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: amqp, pub-sub, service-framework, event-driven

## Member repositories
- nameko/nameko (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:58.846013+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 2026-08-29T18:18:54.290046+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nameko/nameko (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:58.846013+00:00, sha 98e39459a3c2)
  - homepage: https://www.nameko.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:03:24.098935+00:00, sha 3baf6fb17b61)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/nameko/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:03:24.119784+00:00, sha 7ce50deb323a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.