Open source microservices projects

Every project in the registry tagged microservices, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 11 combined stars ★ 60K refresh nightly
01 Tyk ★ 11K

Universal API management for REST, GraphQL, gRPC & async

last push8 hours ago languageGo license
02 karate ★ 9.0K

Test Automation Made Simple

last push16 hours ago languageJava licenseMIT
03 Ocelot ★ 8.7K

.NET API Gateway

last push5 hours ago languageC# licenseMIT
04 kubevela ★ 7.9K

The Modern Application Platform.

last push14 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
05 goa ★ 6.1K

Design-first Go framework that generates API code, documentation, and clients. Define once in an elegant DSL, deploy as HTTP and gRPC services with zero drift b

last push22 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
06 kgateway ★ 5.7K

The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway

last push4 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
07 spring-cloud-gateway ★ 4.9K

An API Gateway built on Spring Framework and Spring Boot providing routing and more.

last push3 hours ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
08 Krakend ★ 2.7K

Blazing-fast API gateway with linear scalability

last push3 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
09 1backend ★ 2.3K

Build AI (or any) apps with scalable microservices & microfrontends.

last push4 months ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
10 yas ★ 2.0K

YAS: Yet Another Shop, a sample microservices project in Java

last push3 months ago languageJava licenseMIT
11 Convertigo ★ 385

Low-code and no-code platform for business apps

last push9 hours ago languageJava license

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source microservices projects are there?

This registry tracks 11 projects tagged microservices, with 60,488 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Tyk at 10,822 stars.

Are these microservices projects free to use?

Yes — 9 of the 11 carry an explicit open-source licence across 3 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which microservices project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these microservices projects still maintained?

9 of the 11 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.