Kitex

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-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/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: 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