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.
Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps — the contract exists but is thin, or the portal is good while governance and commercial terms are absent.
API Evangelist profiles Apache Dubbo the way a machine reads it — 148 machine-readable artifacts across 16 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Apache Dubbo scores 52.9/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 39/100 (agent aware). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Apache Dubbo
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Apache Dubbo. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 16
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
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...
Apache Dubbo ConditionRule API
The ConditionRule API from Apache Dubbo — 4 operation(s) for conditionrule.
Apache Dubbo metrics API
The metrics API from Apache Dubbo — 4 operation(s) for metrics.
Apache Dubbo MockRules API
The MockRules API from Apache Dubbo — 2 operation(s) for mockrules.
Apache Dubbo OverrideRule API
The OverrideRule API from Apache Dubbo — 4 operation(s) for overriderule.
Apache Dubbo Services API
The Services API from Apache Dubbo — 5 operation(s) for services.
Apache Dubbo TagRule API
The TagRule API from Apache Dubbo — 4 operation(s) for tagrule.
Apache Dubbo TrafficAccesslog API
The TrafficAccesslog API from Apache Dubbo — 1 operation(s) for trafficaccesslog.
Apache Dubbo TrafficArgument API
The TrafficArgument API from Apache Dubbo — 1 operation(s) for trafficargument.
Apache Dubbo TrafficGray API
The TrafficGray API from Apache Dubbo — 1 operation(s) for trafficgray.
Apache Dubbo TrafficMock API
The TrafficMock API from Apache Dubbo — 1 operation(s) for trafficmock.
Apache Dubbo TrafficRegion API
The TrafficRegion API from Apache Dubbo — 1 operation(s) for trafficregion.
Apache Dubbo TrafficRetry API
The TrafficRetry API from Apache Dubbo — 1 operation(s) for trafficretry.
Apache Dubbo TrafficTimeout API
The TrafficTimeout API from Apache Dubbo — 1 operation(s) for traffictimeout.
Apache Dubbo TrafficWeight API
The TrafficWeight API from Apache Dubbo — 1 operation(s) for trafficweight.
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Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Dubbo-Admin API
OPEN COLLECTIONPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Apache Dubbo Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Apache Dubbo Finops
FINOPSFeatures 10
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Triple Protocol (gRPC Compatible)
HTTP/2-based RPC protocol fully compatible with gRPC, supporting streaming communication and cross-language interoperability.
Service Discovery
High-performance application-level service discovery supporting Nacos, Zookeeper, Kubernetes, Consul, Etcd, and Redis registries.
Traffic Management
Advanced traffic control with conditional routing, tag routing, gray releases, and percentage-based traffic splitting.
Load Balancing
Multiple load balancing strategies including weighted random, round-robin, least active, and consistent hashing.
Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking
Built-in rate limiting, circuit breaker, and service degradation capabilities for resilient microservices.
Observability
Full-link tracing via OpenTelemetry, Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, Zipkin, and SkyWalking integration.
Multi-Language SDK Support
Official SDKs for Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and Erlang enabling polyglot microservices architectures.
Service Mesh Integration
Native Istio integration with xDS protocol support for deploying Dubbo services in service mesh environments.
Dubbo Admin Console
Visual cluster management UI for service governance, traffic rules, configuration, and monitoring.
Pixiu Gateway
HTTP/gRPC gateway (Pixiu) enabling REST HTTP clients to access Dubbo backend services.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Apache Dubbo Admin Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
Apache Dubbo API Rules
SPECTRALApache Dubbo API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 32
Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
model.Accesslog
JSON SCHEMAmodel.AddressMatch
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Argument
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ClusterMetricsRes
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ConditionMatch
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ConditionRouteDto
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Consumer
JSON SCHEMAmodel.DynamicConfig
JSON SCHEMAmodel.FlowMetricsRes
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Gray
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ListMockRulesByPage
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ListServiceByPage
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ListStringMatch
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Metadata
JSON SCHEMAmodel.MockRule
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Mock
JSON SCHEMAmodel.OverrideConfig
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ParamMatch
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Provider
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Region
JSON SCHEMAmodel.RegistrySource
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Retry
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ServiceDetailDTO
JSON SCHEMAmodel.ServiceDTO
JSON SCHEMAmodel.StringMatch
JSON SCHEMAmodel.TagRouteDto
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Tag
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Timeout
JSON SCHEMAmodel.Weight
JSON SCHEMAmodel.HTTPError
JSON SCHEMAtime.Duration
JSON SCHEMAversion.Version
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JSON Structure 32
JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Dubbo Admin Model. Accesslog Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Address Match Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Argument Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Cluster Metrics Res Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Condition Match Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Condition Route Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Consumer Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Dynamic Config Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Flow Metrics Res Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Gray Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. List Mock Rules By Page Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. List Service By Page Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. List String Match Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Metadata Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Mock Rule Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Mock Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Override Config Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Param Match Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Provider Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Region Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Registry Source Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Retry Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Service Detail Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Service Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. String Match Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Tag Route Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Tag Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Timeout Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model. Weight Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Model.Http Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Time. Duration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDubbo Admin Version. Version Structure
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Examples 32
Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 6
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Enterprise Microservices
Build high-performance Java or Go microservices with RPC communication, service discovery, and traffic governance.
gRPC Migration
Adopt the Triple protocol as a drop-in gRPC-compatible alternative with richer governance capabilities.
Cross-Language Service Communication
Enable polyglot microservices with Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and Erlang services communicating via Dubbo protocols.
Service Mesh Deployment
Run Dubbo services in Istio-managed service meshes using xDS protocol for sidecar-free or sidecar-based deployments.
Cloud-Native Kubernetes Deployment
Deploy and manage Dubbo services on Kubernetes using the Dubbo Kubernetes operator and control plane.
API Gateway Integration
Expose internal Dubbo RPC services as REST HTTP endpoints through the Pixiu API gateway.
Integrations 10
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Nacos
Service registry and configuration center integration for service discovery and dynamic configuration.
Zookeeper
Apache Zookeeper integration for service registry and coordination.
Kubernetes
Native Kubernetes service discovery and deployment orchestration support.
Istio
Service mesh integration with Istio using xDS protocol for traffic management.
Prometheus
Metrics export to Prometheus for monitoring Dubbo service performance.
Grafana
Pre-built Grafana dashboards for visualizing Dubbo service metrics.
OpenTelemetry
Distributed tracing via OpenTelemetry standard for end-to-end request tracking.
Zipkin
Distributed tracing integration with Zipkin for request flow visualization.
SkyWalking
Apache SkyWalking APM integration for distributed tracing and service performance monitoring.
Seata
Apache Seata integration for distributed transaction management across Dubbo services.
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Resources
Every other property we hold for Apache Dubbo — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 2
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Company 1
The organization behind the API
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