10

8

6

4

2


9.9

7.4
Retrofit

9.4

9.0
Dropwizard

9.3

5.5
Spark

9.0

7.2
Jersey

8.5

7.5
Feign

7.8

8.5
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17 REST Frameworks libraries and projects

  • Retrofit

    9.9 7.4 L1 Java
    Type-safe REST client.

  • Dropwizard

    9.4 9.0 L4 Java
    Opinionated framework for setting up modern web applications with Jetty, Jackson, Jersey and Metrics.

  • Spark

    9.3 5.5 L3 Java
    Sinatra inspired framework.

  • Jersey

    9.0 7.2 L2 Java
    JAX-RS reference implementation.

  • Feign

    8.5 7.5 L4 Java
    HTTP client binder inspired by Retrofit, JAXRS-2.0, and WebSocket.

  • rest.li

    7.8 8.5 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

    7.5 6.0
    Swagger is a specification and complete framework implementation for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful web services.

  • RESTEasy

    7.3 9.0 L3 Java
    Fully certified and portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification.

  • RestExpress

    6.5 1.5 L4 Java
    Thin wrapper on the JBoss Netty HTTP stack to provide scaling and performance.

  • Microserver

    6.3 6.8 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.

  • Rapidoid

    6.3 9.3 L3 Java
    A simple, secure and extremely fast framework consisting of embedded HTTP server, GUI components and dependency injection.

  • RAML

    6.2 5.3 L5 JavaScript
    Modeling language to generate REST APIs with contract first.

  • Restlet Framework

    6.0 5.7 Java
    Pioneering framework with powerful routing and filtering capabilities, unified client and server API.

  • RestX

    4.8 8.0 L2 Java
    Framework based on annotation processing and compile-time source generation.

  • StubbornJava

    3.1 8.1 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.

  • Crnk

    3.0 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.

  • Restler

    2.3 0.0 Java
    Automatically generates a web service client at run time by analyzing its annotated Spring controller interface

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