Introduction
Kratos is a microservice framework written in Go and open-sourced by Bilibili. It provides an all-in-one solution for microservice development, including interface definition, error code generation, client code generation, server code generation, and API documentation generation. Kratos aims to offer a simple, efficient, and reliable framework for building microservices, allowing developers to focus on business logic implementation without spending excessive effort on microservice development and maintenance.
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Ease of Use: Kratos provides an all-in-one solution for microservice development, allowing developers to focus on business logic implementation.
- Efficiency and Reliability: Kratos is designed to be a simple, efficient, and reliable microservice framework.
- Rich Features: Kratos integrates various engineering practices, including interface definition, error code generation, client code generation, server code generation, and API documentation generation.
- Comprehensive Documentation: Kratos has thorough documentation, offering detailed usage instructions and example code.
Cons:
- Relatively Incomplete Ecosystem: Kratos' ecosystem is relatively incomplete, with fewer plugins and tools.
- Small Community: Kratos has a smaller community, which may result in some issues being harder to resolve.
Using Kratos
To use Kratos, you'll need to install the command-line tool called kratos. Kratos provides features such as interface definition, error code generation, client code generation, server code generation, and API documentation generation.
Installing Kratos
GO111MODULE=on go get -u github.com/go-kratos/kratos/cmd/kratos/v2@latestCreating a Simple Microservice
kratos new kratos-demo