Apache Dubbo
Apache Dubbo is a high-performance, Java-based open-source RPC framework that provides service discovery, traffic management, and observability capabilities for building enterprise-level microservices. It supports multiple protocols including Triple (gRPC-compatible), Dubbo, and REST, with SDKs for Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and Erlang.
APIs
Apache Dubbo Admin API
The Dubbo Admin REST API provides service governance operations for managing services, instances, traffic rules, load balancing, route policies, and dynamic configuration in a D...
Apache Dubbo Java SDK
The core Apache Dubbo Java framework providing RPC service definition, publishing, invocation, and service governance APIs for building enterprise microservices in Java and Spri...
Apache Dubbo Go SDK
The Go implementation of Apache Dubbo, providing the same RPC framework capabilities including service discovery, traffic management, and Triple protocol support for Go-based mi...
Capabilities
Apache Dubbo Service Governance
Unified capability for governing Apache Dubbo microservices — managing services, applications, traffic rules, routing policies, and monitoring cluster health. Designed for platf...
Run with NaftikoFeatures
HTTP/2-based RPC protocol fully compatible with gRPC, supporting streaming communication and cross-language interoperability.
High-performance application-level service discovery supporting Nacos, Zookeeper, Kubernetes, Consul, Etcd, and Redis registries.
Advanced traffic control with conditional routing, tag routing, gray releases, and percentage-based traffic splitting.
Multiple load balancing strategies including weighted random, round-robin, least active, and consistent hashing.
Built-in rate limiting, circuit breaker, and service degradation capabilities for resilient microservices.
Full-link tracing via OpenTelemetry, Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, Zipkin, and SkyWalking integration.
Official SDKs for Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and Erlang enabling polyglot microservices architectures.
Native Istio integration with xDS protocol support for deploying Dubbo services in service mesh environments.
Visual cluster management UI for service governance, traffic rules, configuration, and monitoring.
HTTP/gRPC gateway (Pixiu) enabling REST HTTP clients to access Dubbo backend services.
Use Cases
Build high-performance Java or Go microservices with RPC communication, service discovery, and traffic governance.
Adopt the Triple protocol as a drop-in gRPC-compatible alternative with richer governance capabilities.
Enable polyglot microservices with Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and Erlang services communicating via Dubbo protocols.
Run Dubbo services in Istio-managed service meshes using xDS protocol for sidecar-free or sidecar-based deployments.
Deploy and manage Dubbo services on Kubernetes using the Dubbo Kubernetes operator and control plane.
Expose internal Dubbo RPC services as REST HTTP endpoints through the Pixiu API gateway.
Integrations
Service registry and configuration center integration for service discovery and dynamic configuration.
Apache Zookeeper integration for service registry and coordination.
Native Kubernetes service discovery and deployment orchestration support.
Service mesh integration with Istio using xDS protocol for traffic management.
Metrics export to Prometheus for monitoring Dubbo service performance.
Pre-built Grafana dashboards for visualizing Dubbo service metrics.
Distributed tracing via OpenTelemetry standard for end-to-end request tracking.
Distributed tracing integration with Zipkin for request flow visualization.
Apache SkyWalking APM integration for distributed tracing and service performance monitoring.
Apache Seata integration for distributed transaction management across Dubbo services.