zalando/skipper
An HTTP router and reverse proxy for service composition, including use cases like Kubernetes Ingress observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
Flags: 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: 0
- age_days: 4073
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 506
Adoption not part of the score
3319 stars · 404 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Skipper is an HTTP router and reverse proxy written in Go, designed for service composition with support for hundreds of thousands of dynamically updated routes and per-route request/response filters. It can run standalone or as a Kubernetes Ingress controller, with data clients for etcd, Kubernetes, static files, and custom sources.
Use cases
- route http requests to backend services
- run a kubernetes ingress controller
- reverse proxy with per-route filters
- blue-green deployments and shadow traffic
- rate limiting and circuit breaking at the edge
- dynamically update routing rules without downtime
- verify and manage routes with a cli
When to choose
- you need a high-performance http router/proxy with large, frequently changing route tables
- you run kubernetes and want an ingress controller with advanced traffic features
- you need per-route filters, circuit breakers, or shadow traffic in a proxy layer
When to avoid
- you need a simple static reverse proxy with minimal configuration
- you want a layer-4 TCP/UDP load balancer only
- your stack is not Go/Kubernetes-friendly and you prefer nginx or envoy ecosystems
Facets
service · maturity stable
proxy routing http-server middleware rate-limiting api-gateway tracing monitoring cli networking web-development microservices cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted go cloud self-hosted cli reverse-proxy http-router ingress-controller eskip service-composition circuit-breaker blue-green-deployment shadow-traffic load-balancing devops linux docker kubernetes
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/zalando/skipper · fetched 2026-08-28 · 59f2b9318d92
- homepage: https://opensource.zalando.com/skipper/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d137bcbfb827
- site_page: https://opensource.zalando.com/skipper/kubernetes/ingress-controller · fetched 2026-08-29 · bf77b165aef6
- site_page: https://opensource.zalando.com/skipper/tutorials/basics · fetched 2026-08-29 · cdaba1d779c7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| zalando/skipper | main | 95 |
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