aid: kitex
name: Kitex
description: >-
  Kitex is a high-performance, extensible RPC framework for building
  microservices in Go, developed by ByteDance. It supports Thrift and Protocol
  Buffers serialization, provides built-in service governance features
  including service discovery, load balancing, circuit breaking, and retry
  policies, and is optimized for high throughput and low latency.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Frameworks
  - Go
  - High Performance
  - Microservices
  - Protocol Buffers
  - RPC
  - Thrift
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kitex/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: kitex:kitex
    name: Kitex
    description: >-
      Kitex is a high-performance, extensible RPC framework for building
      microservices in Go, developed by ByteDance. It supports Thrift and
      Protocol Buffers serialization, provides built-in service governance
      features including service discovery, load balancing, circuit breaking,
      and retry policies, and is optimized for high throughput and low latency.
    humanURL: https://www.cloudwego.io/docs/kitex/
    tags:
      - Frameworks
      - Go
      - High Performance
      - Microservices
      - Protocol Buffers
      - RPC
      - Thrift
    properties:
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kitex/refs/heads/main/json-schema/kitex-configuration.json
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.cloudwego.io/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cloudwego.io/docs/kitex/
  - type: Getting Started
    url: https://www.cloudwego.io/docs/kitex/getting-started/
  - type: GitHub Organization
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego
  - type: GitHub Repository
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego/kitex
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.cloudwego.io/blog/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com