Aastro
Extensible API Gateway written in Go.
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Still maintained? Yes: 47 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.11.1 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Aastro quick facts
- Health score
- 86/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 24
- Last commit
- 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.11.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A lightweight, modular, high-performance API Gateway for modern microservices - parallel fan-out, declarative response aggregation, and .so plugins, configured in YAML."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Aastro scores 86/100, #10 of 16 in Software Development - API Management: 47 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.11.1, 27 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 24 stars add 5.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 14.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
47 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.11.1 released 27 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 5.6 / 20
24 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 47
- Last 90 days
- 210
- Last 12 months
- 4 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 16 tools in Software Development - API Management by health , between Composio (#9) and Hook0 (#11) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.11.1 · 27 days ago |
| Stars | 24 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | starwalkn/aastro ↗ |
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Aastro: common questions
Is Aastro still maintained?
Aastro had 47 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.11.1, is from 27 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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