linkedin/rest.li
Rest.li is a REST+JSON framework for building robust, scalable service architectures using dynamic discovery and simple asynchronous APIs. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived no_license
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: 5024
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 42
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2534 stars · 563 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Rest.li is a Java REST+JSON framework from LinkedIn for building robust, scalable service architectures with type-safe bindings, asynchronous non-blocking IO, and optional dynamic discovery with client-side load balancing. The project is deprecated: LinkedIn has migrated to gRPC and the repository will be archived (read-only) on July 22, 2026.
Use cases
- build scalable REST+JSON microservices in Java
- generate type-safe client bindings for REST APIs
- implement non-blocking asynchronous server and client code
- add client-side load balancing and fault tolerance via dynamic discovery
- support batch operations, partial updates, and projections in REST APIs
- check backward compatibility of API changes
- maintain legacy LinkedIn-style service architectures
When to choose
- maintaining or extending an existing Rest.li-based service
- working within a LinkedIn-style microservice ecosystem already using Pegasus artifacts
- you need its specific batch/projection REST semantics in a legacy codebase
When to avoid
- starting any new project, since the framework is deprecated and will be archived
- you want long-term community support or new features
- you need streaming, multi-language support, or better performance - gRPC is LinkedIn's successor
- you want a lightweight REST framework without code generation
Facets
framework · maturity abandoned
web-framework api-framework http-server http-client rpc middleware routing serialization web-development backend apis microservices developer-tools jvm cross-platform rest rest- async-io service-architecture dynamic-discovery jax-rs deprecated linkedin type-safe-bindings load-balancing
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li · fetched 2026-08-28 · 94bd98c24ccb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| linkedin/rest.li | main | 10 |
For agents
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