Services

API frameworks, database tooling, service architecture, and server-side application foundations.

32 Repositories Backend Updated Jul 16

Subcategories

API Frameworks 55 Databases & ORM 16 Auth & Identity 0 Messaging 1 Services 32 General Backend 7

Topic guide

How to use this Services index

Services repositories in Skill Atlas are selected from popular GitHub projects and organized to help developers compare tools, patterns, and implementation examples. Use this page as a starting point before opening individual repositories for docs, issues, examples, and license details.

When to use this category

Find established open source projects related to services.
Compare repository popularity, language, tags, and practical use cases.
Build a shortlist before deeper technical evaluation.
Discover adjacent categories through related tags and subcategories.

How to choose

Start with repositories that match your language, runtime, and deployment model.
Check recent commits, issue activity, documentation quality, and license before adopting a project.
Use stars as a popularity signal, not as proof of fit or production readiness.
Common languages in this topic include TypeScript, JavaScript, Go.
Frequent tags include Backend, framework, Go, microservices, javascript.

Services repositories

32 repositories sorted by GitHub stars. Use the interactive explorer for live filters.

Interactive explorer

nest

Services

A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀

BackendTypeScriptframeworkhacktoberfestjavascriptjavascript-framework

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for TypeScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

76k stars TypeScript

GitHub

serverless

Services

⚡ Serverless Framework – Effortlessly build apps that auto-scale, incur zero costs when idle, and require minimal maintenance using AWS Lambda and other managed cloud services.

BackendJavaScriptawsaws-dynamodbaws-lambdaazure-functions

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for JavaScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

47k stars JavaScript

GitHub

go-zero

Services

A cloud-native Go microservices framework with cli tool for productivity.

BackendGoai-nativeai-native-developmentcloud-nativecode-generation

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

33k stars Go

GitHub

apollo

Services

Apollo is a reliable configuration management system suitable for microservice configuration management scenarios.

BackendJavaconfig-managementconfiguration-managementdistributed-configurationmicroservices

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Java projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

30k stars Java

GitHub

kit

Services

A standard library for microservices.

BackendGogogolangmetallicamicroservices

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

27k stars Go

GitHub

vapor

Services

💧 A server-side Swift HTTP web framework.

BackendSwiftframeworkhttphttp2server

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Swift projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

26k stars Swift

GitHub

kratos

Services

Your ultimate Go microservices framework for the cloud-native era.

BackendGoaiarchitecturecloud-nativeframework

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

26k stars Go

GitHub

Sentinel

Services

A powerful flow control component enabling reliability, resilience and monitoring for microservices. (面向云原生微服务的高可用流控防护组件)

BackendJavaalibabacircuit-breakercloud-nativejava

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Java projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

23k stars Java

GitHub

go-micro

Services

A Go agent harness and service framework

BackendGoaiai-agentsdistributed-systemsgo

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

23k stars Go

GitHub

elysia

Services

Ergonomic Framework for Humans

BackendTypeScriptbunframeworkhttpserver

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for TypeScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

19k stars TypeScript

GitHub

ZLMediaKit

Services

WebRTC/RTSP/RTMP/HTTP/HLS/HTTP-FLV/WebSocket-FLV/HTTP-TS/HTTP-fMP4/WebSocket-TS/WebSocket-fMP4/GB28181/SRT/STUN/TURN server and client framework based on C++11

BackendC++flvgb28181hlshttp

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for C++ projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

17k stars C++

GitHub

aiohttp

Services

Asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python

BackendPythonaiohttpasyncasynciohacktoberfest

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Python projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

17k stars Python

GitHub

router

Services

🤖 A client-first, server-capable, fully type-safe router and full-stack framework for the web (React and more).

BackendTypeScriptframeworkfullstackjavascriptreact

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for TypeScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

15k stars TypeScript

GitHub

awesome-microservices

Services

A curated list of Microservice Architecture related principles and technologies.

Backendawesomecloud-computingcloud-nativemicroservicesmicroservices-architecture

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for software projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

14k stars

GitHub

piggymetrics

Services

Microservice Architecture with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud and Docker

BackendJavadockermicroservicemicroservicesspring-boot

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Java projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

14k stars Java

GitHub

single-spa

Services

The router for easy microfrontends

BackendJavaScriptfront-endjavascriptmicrofrontendsmicroservices

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for JavaScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

14k stars JavaScript

GitHub

univer

Services

Univer is a full-stack framework for creating and editing spreadsheets / word processor / presentation on both web and server.

BackendTypeScriptcollaborationdata-tabledocdocx

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for TypeScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

14k stars TypeScript

GitHub

awesome-nextjs

Services

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: :books: A curated list of awesome resources : books, videos, articles about using Next.js (A minimalistic framework for universal server-rendered React applications)

Backendawesome-listframeworkisomorphicjavascriptnextjs

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for software projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

11k stars

GitHub

micro

Services

Asynchronous HTTP microservices

BackendTypeScriptasyncawaitmicromicroservice

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for TypeScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

11k stars TypeScript

GitHub

warp

Services

A super-easy, composable, web server framework for warp speeds.

BackendRustframeworkhttprustserver

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Rust projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

10k stars Rust

GitHub

mcp-use

Services

The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT / Claude & MCP Servers for AI Agents.

BackendTypeScriptagentic-frameworkaiapps-sdkchatgpt

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for TypeScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

10k stars TypeScript

GitHub

tilt

Services

Define your dev environment as code. For microservice apps on Kubernetes.

BackendGodevelopment-environmentkubernetes

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

9.9k stars Go

GitHub

connect

Services

Connect is an extensible HTTP server framework for node using "plugins" known as middleware.

BackendJavaScriptjavascriptnodejs

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for JavaScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

9.9k stars JavaScript

GitHub

ET

Services

Unity3D Client And C# Server Framework

BackendC#actorc-sharpdotnetgame

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for C# projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

9.9k stars C#

GitHub

puppet

Services

Server automation framework and application

BackendRuby

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Ruby projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

7.9k stars Ruby

GitHub

zinx

Services

A lightweight concurrent server framework based on Golang.

BackendGogame-servergogolangtcp-server

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

7.7k stars Go

GitHub

Kitura

Services

A Swift web framework and HTTP server.

BackendSwiftkituraroutingserverserver-side-swift

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Swift projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

7.6k stars Swift

GitHub

Robyn

Services

Robyn is a Super Fast Async Python Web Framework with a Rust runtime.

BackendPythonasyncbackendhacktoberfesthttp-server

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Python projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

7.3k stars Python

GitHub

netty-socketio

Services

Socket.IO server implemented on Java. Realtime java framework

BackendJavajavanettypollingsocket-io

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Java projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

7.0k stars Java

GitHub

leaf

Services

A game server framework in Go (golang)

BackendGogame-frameworkgame-servergogolang

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

5.5k stars Go

GitHub

aphrodite

Services

Framework-agnostic CSS-in-JS with support for server-side rendering, browser prefixing, and minimum CSS generation

BackendJavaScriptaphroditecsscss-in-jsjavascript

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for JavaScript projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

5.3k stars JavaScript

GitHub

tide

Services

Fast and friendly HTTP server framework for async Rust

BackendRust

Good for

Explore a popular backend repository
Study implementation patterns for Rust projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

5.1k stars Rust

GitHub