Java REST Frameworks

9.9

7.4

Retrofit

9.4

8.9

Dropwizard

9.3

7.7

Spark

9.0

8.9

Jersey

8.0

6.2

Feign

7.6

8.1

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15 REST Frameworks libraries and projects

Retrofit

9.9 7.4 L1 Java

Type-safe REST client.
Dropwizard

9.4 8.9 L4 Java

Opinionated framework for setting up modern web applications with Jetty, Jackson, Jersey and Metrics.
Spark

9.3 7.7 L3 Java

Sinatra inspired framework.
Jersey

9.0 8.9 L2 Java

JAX-RS reference implementation.
Feign

8.0 6.2 L4 Java

HTTP client binder inspired by Retrofit, JAXRS-2.0, and WebSocket.
rest.li

7.6 8.1 L1 Java

Framework for building robust, scalable RESTful architectures using type-safe bindings and asynchronous, non-blocking IO with an end-to-end developer workflow that promotes clean practices, uniform interface design and consistent data modeling.
Swagger

7.3 6.4

Swagger is a specification and complete framework implementation for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful web services.
RESTEasy

7.0 9.0 L3 Java

Fully certified and portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification.
Microserver

6.2 8.1 L5 Java

A convenient extensible Microservices plugin system for Spring & Spring Boot, with over 30 plugins and growing, that supports both micro-monolith and pure microservices styles.
RestExpress

6.2 5.0 L4 Java

Thin wrapper on the JBoss Netty HTTP stack to provide scaling and performance.
RAML

5.9 6.8 L5 JavaScript

Modeling language to generate REST APIs with contract first.
Rapidoid

5.8 9.5 L3 Java

A simple, secure and extremely fast framework consisting of embedded HTTP server, GUI components and dependency injection.
Restlet Framework

5.6 0.9 Java

Pioneering framework with powerful routing and filtering capabilities, unified client and server API.
RestX

4.3 8.5 L2 Java

Framework based on annotation processing and compile-time source generation.
Restler

1.6 1.7 Java

Automatically generates a web service client at run time by analyzing its annotated Spring controller interface

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