# spring-projects/spring-integration

Spring Integration provides an extension of the Spring programming model to support the well-known Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP)

Repository: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-integration
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spring-integration
Homepage: http://projects.spring.io/spring-integration/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: spring, java, eip, microservices
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:55:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5521, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 42}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1626, forks 1159 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.979979+00:00)

## What it is
Spring Integration extends the Spring programming model to implement Enterprise Integration Patterns, enabling lightweight messaging within Spring-based applications. It provides declarative channel adapters and gateways to integrate with external systems like Kafka, JMS, HTTP, and more.

## Use cases
- build message-driven pipelines between systems in a Spring app
- wire POJOs together with a messaging paradigm instead of direct calls
- connect to Kafka, JMS, AMQP, or HTTP endpoints via channel adapters
- implement request/reply gateways for external system integration
- orchestrate enterprise integration flows with the Java DSL
- decouple application components using message channels

## When to choose
- you are already using Spring and need EIP-style messaging
- you need declarative adapters to many external systems
- you want loosely coupled, testable integration flows on the JVM

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone message broker rather than an in-app integration framework
- your project does not use the Spring ecosystem
- you only need simple point-to-point messaging without integration patterns

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: message-queue, middleware, routing, workflow-automation, scheduling, webhook
- domain: microservices, backend, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: enterprise-integration-patterns, spring, messaging, channel-adapters, eip, event-driven, enterprise-integration

## Member repositories
- spring-projects/spring-integration (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.979979+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 2026-08-30T03:48:27.802624+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-integration (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.979979+00:00, sha 83157b2b741c)
  - homepage: http://projects.spring.io/spring-integration/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:16.932660+00:00, sha a74e8e930cbb)
  - site_page: https://spring.io/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:16.939921+00:00, sha fc64dd950363)
  - site_page: https://spring.io/projects/spring-restdocs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:16.945459+00:00, sha 1e2a101b77d3)
  - site_page: https://docs.spring.io/spring-integration/docs/current/reference/html/dsl.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:16.947634+00:00, sha 2e540b6995c9)
  - site_page: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/messaging.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:16.949670+00:00, sha 297759fa3476)
  - site_page: https://enterprise.spring.io/lts-releases (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:16.942889+00:00, sha 3251cc8760b6)
  - site_page: https://enterprise.spring.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:16.937656+00:00, sha 85ac7d6d5114)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.