Apache Dubbo

aid: apache-dubbo
name: Apache Dubbo
description: 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.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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tags:
- Apache
- Go
- Java
- Microservices
- Open Source
- RPC
- Service Discovery
- Service Mesh
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-dubbo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: apache-dubbo:apache-dubbo-admin
  name: Apache Dubbo Admin API
  description: The Dubbo Admin REST API provides service governance operations for managing services, instances, traffic rules,
    load balancing, route policies, and dynamic configuration in a Dubbo microservices cluster.
  humanURL: https://github.com/apache/dubbo-admin
  tags:
  - Admin
  - Governance
  - REST
  - Service Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/reference/admin/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-dubbo-admin-openapi-original.json
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/apache/dubbo-admin
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-conditionrule.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-mockrules.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-overriderule.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-services.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-tagrule.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-trafficaccesslog.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-trafficargument.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-trafficgray.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-trafficmock.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-trafficregion.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-trafficretry.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-traffictimeout.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-trafficweight.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/admin-metrics.yaml
- aid: apache-dubbo:apache-dubbo-java
  name: Apache Dubbo Java SDK
  description: The core Apache Dubbo Java framework providing RPC service definition, publishing, invocation, and service
    governance APIs for building enterprise microservices in Java and Spring Boot.
  humanURL: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/mannual/java-sdk/
  tags:
  - Java
  - RPC
  - SDK
  - Spring Boot
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/mannual/java-sdk/
  - type: SDK
    url: https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.apache.dubbo/dubbo
    title: Java SDK (Maven Central)
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/apache/dubbo
- aid: apache-dubbo:apache-dubbo-go
  name: Apache Dubbo Go SDK
  description: The Go implementation of Apache Dubbo, providing the same RPC framework capabilities including service discovery,
    traffic management, and Triple protocol support for Go-based microservices.
  humanURL: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/mannual/golang-sdk/
  tags:
  - Go
  - Golang
  - RPC
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/mannual/golang-sdk/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/apache/dubbo-go
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache
  title: Apache GitHub Organization
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/dubbo
  title: Apache Dubbo Java (Main Repo)
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/dubbo-go
  title: Apache Dubbo Go
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/dubbo-admin
  title: Apache Dubbo Admin
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/dubbo-kubernetes
  title: Apache Dubbo Kubernetes
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/overview/quickstart/
- type: Blog
  url: https://dubbo.apache.org/en/blog/
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/apache/dubbo/releases
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-dubbo-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-dubbo-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Triple Protocol (gRPC Compatible)
    description: HTTP/2-based RPC protocol fully compatible with gRPC, supporting streaming communication and cross-language
      interoperability.
  - name: Service Discovery
    description: High-performance application-level service discovery supporting Nacos, Zookeeper, Kubernetes, Consul, Etcd,
      and Redis registries.
  - name: Traffic Management
    description: Advanced traffic control with conditional routing, tag routing, gray releases, and percentage-based traffic
      splitting.
  - name: Load Balancing
    description: Multiple load balancing strategies including weighted random, round-robin, least active, and consistent hashing.
  - name: Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking
    description: Built-in rate limiting, circuit breaker, and service degradation capabilities for resilient microservices.
  - name: Observability
    description: Full-link tracing via OpenTelemetry, Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, Zipkin, and SkyWalking integration.
  - name: Multi-Language SDK Support
    description: Official SDKs for Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and Erlang enabling polyglot microservices architectures.
  - name: Service Mesh Integration
    description: Native Istio integration with xDS protocol support for deploying Dubbo services in service mesh environments.
  - name: Dubbo Admin Console
    description: Visual cluster management UI for service governance, traffic rules, configuration, and monitoring.
  - name: Pixiu Gateway
    description: HTTP/gRPC gateway (Pixiu) enabling REST HTTP clients to access Dubbo backend services.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Enterprise Microservices
    description: Build high-performance Java or Go microservices with RPC communication, service discovery, and traffic governance.
  - name: gRPC Migration
    description: Adopt the Triple protocol as a drop-in gRPC-compatible alternative with richer governance capabilities.
  - name: Cross-Language Service Communication
    description: Enable polyglot microservices with Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and Erlang services communicating via
      Dubbo protocols.
  - name: Service Mesh Deployment
    description: Run Dubbo services in Istio-managed service meshes using xDS protocol for sidecar-free or sidecar-based deployments.
  - name: Cloud-Native Kubernetes Deployment
    description: Deploy and manage Dubbo services on Kubernetes using the Dubbo Kubernetes operator and control plane.
  - name: API Gateway Integration
    description: Expose internal Dubbo RPC services as REST HTTP endpoints through the Pixiu API gateway.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Nacos
    description: Service registry and configuration center integration for service discovery and dynamic configuration.
  - name: Zookeeper
    description: Apache Zookeeper integration for service registry and coordination.
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Native Kubernetes service discovery and deployment orchestration support.
  - name: Istio
    description: Service mesh integration with Istio using xDS protocol for traffic management.
  - name: Prometheus
    description: Metrics export to Prometheus for monitoring Dubbo service performance.
  - name: Grafana
    description: Pre-built Grafana dashboards for visualizing Dubbo service metrics.
  - name: OpenTelemetry
    description: Distributed tracing via OpenTelemetry standard for end-to-end request tracking.
  - name: Zipkin
    description: Distributed tracing integration with Zipkin for request flow visualization.
  - name: SkyWalking
    description: Apache SkyWalking APM integration for distributed tracing and service performance monitoring.
  - name: Seata
    description: Apache Seata integration for distributed transaction management across Dubbo services.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]