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24 alternatives to goa

A design driven approach for building microservices in Go

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. goa launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Gondola▲69

    The web framework for Go programming language

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    I can't tell if HN is the right kind of place for this stuff anymore since people are so advanced in their use but I thought it was interesting to leverage my existing Go microservices framework and turn it into the core of what would provide tools for an agent cli or whatever beyond that. Extensibility is key. Thought I'd share and get a conversation going.

    2020 · go-micro.dev · its alternatives →

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    A framework for building mobile cross-platform UIs

    2017 · incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →

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    Hi all, I wanted to reshare this after some time. I've been working on evolving my service framework into an agent harness. As all of this AI tooling has evolved its become clear to me that agents, services and workflows are part of a core system of operations which would benefit from a single framework. Previously Go Micro only enabled service development. But now it includes Agents and Workflows. What does that mean? Well firstly services which are registered in a central registry automatically become tools for agents. The service endpoints individually become callable tools via MCP.…

    2019 · go.micro.mu · its alternatives →

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    Kong▲174

    Management layer for microservices and APIs

    2015 · konghq.com · its alternatives →

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    Lumber▲232

    The admin microservice generator

    2016 · lumberjs.com · its alternatives →

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    AIUX▲107

    A systematic UX design course for the responsive web

    2015 · learnaiux.com · its alternatives →

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    Devmag▲133

    A network re-thought for software developers

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    A simple new approach to content planning

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Istio▲76

    Open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices

    2017 · istio.io · its alternatives →

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    Gridset▲75

    Web Layout Evolved.

    2014 · monotype.com · its alternatives →

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    A Go agent harness and service framework. Contribute to micro/go-micro development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A tool for building living UI libraries

    2014 · pathmode.io · its alternatives →

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    Colossus — An example microservice architecture for Kubernetes using Bazel, Go, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Minikube, Gazelle, gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, and more - lucperkins/colossus

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    AniJS▲87

    UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English

    2014 · anijs.github.io · its alternatives →

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    A modern forum platform

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Flux▲70

    Design and generate iOS transitions

    2014 · nthstate.com · its alternatives →

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    The authoritative resource for learning Go

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Dozens of practical examples and workflows

    2016 · smashingmagazine.com · its alternatives →

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    Microservices Architecture for eCommerce

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Gogs▲56

    A self-hosted Git service written in Go

    2014 · gogs.io · its alternatives →

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    RAML▲62

    A Standard for API modeling, documentation and exploration

    2014 · raml.org · its alternatives →

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