Java REST Frameworks

17 REST Frameworks libraries and projects

• Retrofit

  9.9 7.5 L1 Java

  Type-safe REST client.

• Dropwizard

  9.3 9.2 L4 Java

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

• Spark

  9.2 6.0 L3 Java

  Sinatra inspired framework.

• Jersey

  8.9 0.0 L2 Java

  JAX-RS reference implementation.

• Feign

  8.8 8.1 L4 Java

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

• rest.li

  7.6 8.6 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

  7.2 4.1

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

• RESTEasy

  7.1 9.2 L3 Java

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

• Rapidoid

  6.5 0.6 L3 Java

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

• RestExpress

  6.3 5.3 L4 Java

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

• Microserver

  6.2 6.9 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.

• RAML

  6.2 4.2 L5 JavaScript

  Modeling language to generate REST APIs with contract first.

• Restlet Framework

  5.8 0.0 Java

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

• RestX

  4.6 5.8 L2 Java

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

• Crnk

  3.6 8.9 Java

  Implementation of the JSON API specification to build resource-oriented REST endpoints with sorting, filtering, paging, linking, object graphs, type-safety, bulk updates, integrations and more.

• StubbornJava

  3.3 7.6 Java

  Unconventional Java code for building web servers / services without a framework. Think dropwizard but as a seed project instead of a framework. If this project had a theme it would be break the rules but be mindful of your decisions.

• Restler

  2.4 0.0 Java

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

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