aid: microservices-architecture
name: Microservices Architecture
description: >-
  An architectural style that structures an application as a collection of
  loosely coupled, independently deployable services, each running in its own
  process and communicating through lightweight mechanisms like HTTP/REST APIs.
  Widely used for building scalable, cloud-native applications.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microservices-architecture/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Architecture
  - Cloud Native
  - Distributed Systems
  - Microservices
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/microservices-architecture
  - type: Wikipedia
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microservices
network:
  - name: Microservices
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microservices/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
  - name: Microservice Architecture
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microservice-architecture/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
  - name: Microservice Design
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microservice-design/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
  - name: Microservices Design Patterns
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microservices-design-patterns/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com