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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kitex.png
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: IssueTracker
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego/kitex/issues
  - type: Releases
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego/kitex/releases
  - type: CodeOfConduct
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego/kitex/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  - type: ContributionGuide
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego/kitex/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
  - type: License
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego/kitex/blob/main/LICENSE
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/kitex-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.cloudwego.io/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cloudwego.io/docs/kitex/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.cloudwego.io/docs/kitex/getting-started/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/cloudwego/kitex
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.cloudwego.io/blog/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com