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Kratos

Kratos is a Go framework for building cloud-native microservices, originally created at Bilibili. It provides built-in support for HTTP and gRPC transports, service discovery, configuration management, logging, metrics, and tracing, following a clean architecture approach with Protocol Buffers for API definitions.

Kratos publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Cloud Native, Frameworks, Go, gRPC, and Microservices.

The Kratos catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Kratos’ developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, code examples, and 5 more developer resources.

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32.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 5/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Cloud NativeFrameworksGogRPCMicroservicesProtocol BuffersService Discovery

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 32.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 2.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 5/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Kratos

Kratos is a Go framework for building cloud-native microservices, originally created at Bilibili. It provides built-in support for HTTP and gRPC transports, service discovery, c...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Kratos Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kratos Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Kratos Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Kratos API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Kratos Service Configuration

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Kratos Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository
 Examples
Examples

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kratos
name: Kratos
description: Kratos is a Go framework for building cloud-native microservices, originally created at Bilibili. It provides
  built-in support for HTTP and gRPC transports, service discovery, configuration management, logging, metrics, and tracing,
  following a clean architecture approach with Protocol Buffers for API definitions.
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/kratos.png
tags:
- Cloud Native
- Frameworks
- Go
- gRPC
- Microservices
- Protocol Buffers
- Service Discovery
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kratos/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kratos:kratos
  name: Kratos
  description: Kratos is a Go framework for building cloud-native microservices, originally created at Bilibili. It provides
    built-in support for HTTP and gRPC transports, service discovery, configuration management, logging, metrics, and tracing,
    following a clean architecture approach with Protocol Buffers for API definitions.
  humanURL: https://go-kratos.dev/
  tags:
  - Cloud Native
  - Frameworks
  - Go
  - gRPC
  - Microservices
  - Protocol Buffers
  - Service Discovery
  properties:
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kratos/refs/heads/main/json-schema/kratos-configuration.json
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kratos-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oryorg
- type: Website
  url: https://go-kratos.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://go-kratos.dev/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://go-kratos.dev/docs/getting-started/start/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/go-kratos
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/go-kratos/kratos
- type: Blog
  url: https://go-kratos.dev/blog/
- type: Examples
  url: https://github.com/go-kratos/examples
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com