The best dapr alternatives

dagu

dagucloud/dagu

Self-hostable workflow orchestrator for teams whose main work isn't orchestration. Declarative YAML over your scripts, SSH commands, containers, etc; keep workflows separate from business logic. One binary, no database, runs on limited H/W resources. Alternative to Airflow / Cron / Job Scheduler.

Choose dagu if…

• GNU General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agentic-workflows or ai-workflows

Shares ai-agents, durable-execution, workflow-engine with dapr.

kong

Kong/kong

🦍 The API and AI Gateway

Choose kong if…

• you would rather work in Lua than Go
• you want the more widely starred option (44.4k)
• you specifically need ai or ai-gateway

Shares kubernetes, microservice, microservices, serverless with dapr.

go-micro

micro/go-micro

A Go agent harness and service framework

Choose go-micro if…

• you specifically need ai or go

Shares ai-agents, distributed-systems, microservices with dapr.

dagger

dagger/dagger

Automation engine to build, test and ship any codebase. Runs locally, in CI, or directly in the cloud

Choose dagger if…

• you specifically need agents or caching

Shares containers, workflows with dapr.

Olares

beclab/Olares

Open-Source Personal Cloud OS for Always-On Agents

Choose Olares if…

• GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agentic-ai or cloud-native

Shares ai-agents, kubernetes with dapr.

radar

skyhook-io/radar

The missing open-source Kubernetes UI with a built-in MCP server for AI agents. See what's broken, why, and what changed. Issues, Topology, event timeline, Helm, GitOps, live service traffic, and cluster audits - all in one Go binary.

Choose radar if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need argocd or cloud-native

Shares ai-agents, kubernetes with dapr.

nacos

alibaba/nacos

an easy-to-use dynamic service discovery, configuration and service management platform for building AI cloud native applications.

Choose nacos if…

• you would rather work in Java than Go
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need a2a-registry or agent

Shares kubernetes, microservices with dapr.

trigger.dev

triggerdotdev/trigger.dev

Trigger.dev – build and deploy durable AI agents and workflows

Choose trigger.dev if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need ai or ai-agent-framework

Shares ai-agents, serverless, workflows with dapr.

infisical

Infisical/infisical

Infisical is the open-source platform for securing secrets, certificates, access, and AI Agents.

Choose infisical if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you specifically need acme or agents

Shares ai-agents, kubernetes with dapr.

tyk

TykTechnologies/tyk

Open Source API and AI Gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Choose tyk if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ai or ai-gateway

Shares kubernetes, microservices with dapr.

mirrord

metalbear-co/mirrord

Run any process, on your machine or in an AI agent's environment, as if it were a pod in your Kubernetes cluster: real env vars, DNS, network, traffic.

Choose mirrord if…

• you would rather work in Rust than Go
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one

Shares ai-agents, kubernetes with dapr.

serve

jina-ai/serve

☁️ Build multimodal AI applications with cloud-native stack

Choose serve if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you specifically need cloud-native or cncf

Shares kubernetes, microservice with dapr.