--- title: "nacos" type: "tool" slug: "alibaba-nacos" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/alibaba-nacos" github_url: "https://github.com/alibaba/nacos" homepage_url: "https://nacos.io" stars: 33132 forks: 13301 primary_language: "Java" license: "Apache-2.0" categories: ["developer-tools"] tags: ["a2a-registry", "distributed-configuration", "ai-registry", "configuration-management", "istio", "dubbo", "agent", "kubernetes"] updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:20:37.4633+00:00" --- # nacos > Dynamic service discovery, configuration management for cloud native applications Nacos is an easy-to-use platform for dynamic service discovery and configuration in cloud-native environments, supporting microservices such as Dubbo/gRPC, Spring Cloud RESTFul services and Kubernetes services. ## Facts - Repository: https://github.com/alibaba/nacos - Homepage: https://nacos.io - Stars: 33,132 · Forks: 13,301 · Open issues: 184 · Watchers: 890 - Primary language: Java - License: Apache-2.0 - Last pushed: 2026-07-07T12:36:31+00:00 ## Categories - [Developer Tools](/categories/developer-tools.md) ## Tags a2a-registry, distributed-configuration, ai-registry, configuration-management, istio, dubbo, agent, kubernetes ## Related tools - [ECC](/tools/affaan-m-ecc.md) - The agent harness performance optimization system (★ 226,962) - [AutoGPT](/tools/significant-gravitas-autogpt.md) - AutoGPT: Build, Deploy, and Run AI Agents (★ 185,417) - [prompts.chat](/tools/f-prompts-chat.md) - The world's largest open-source prompt library for AI (★ 165,019) - [JavaGuide](/tools/snailclimb-javaguide.md) - Snailclimb/JavaGuide: 面试 & 后端通用面试指南，覆盖计算机基础、数据库、分布式、高并发、系统设计与 AI 应用开发 (★ 156,863) - [browser-use](/tools/browser-use-browser-use.md) - 🌐 Make websites accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks online with ease. (★ 103,315) - [caveman](/tools/juliusbrussee-caveman.md) - Cuts 65% of tokens in AI coding agent responses. (★ 86,150) - [llm-course](/tools/mlabonne-llm-course.md) - Course to get into Large Language Models (LLMs) with roadmaps and Colab notebooks. (★ 80,726) - [OpenHands](/tools/openhands-openhands.md) - The self-hosted developer control center for coding agents and automations. (★ 79,805) ## README (excerpt) ```text # Nacos: Dynamic *Na*ming and *Co*nfiguration *S*ervice ------- ## What does it do Nacos (official site: [nacos.io](https://nacos.io)) is an easy-to-use platform designed for dynamic service discovery and configuration and service management. It helps you to build cloud native applications and microservices platform easily. Service is a first-class citizen in Nacos. Nacos supports almost all type of services，for example，[Dubbo/gRPC service](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/ecology/use-nacos-with-dubbo/), [Spring Cloud RESTFul service](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/ecology/use-nacos-with-spring-cloud/) or [Kubernetes service](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/quickstart/quick-start-kubernetes/). Nacos provides four major functions. * **Service Discovery and Service Health Check** Nacos makes it simple for services to register themselves and to discover other services via a DNS or HTTP interface. Nacos also provides real-time health checks of services to prevent sending requests to unhealthy hosts or service instances. * **Dynamic Configuration Management** Dynamic Configuration Service allows you to manage configurations of all services in a centralized and dynamic manner across all environments. Nacos eliminates the need to redeploy applications and services when configurations are updated, which makes configuration changes more efficient and agile. * **Dynamic DNS Service** Nacos supports weighted routing, making it easier for you to implement mid-tier load balancing, flexible routing policies, flow control, and simple DNS resolution services in the production environment within your data center. It helps you to implement DNS-based service discovery easily and prevent applications from coupling to vendor-specific service discovery APIs. * **Service and MetaData Management** Nacos provides an easy-to-use service dashboard to help you manage your services metadata, configuration, kubernetes DNS, service health and metrics statistics. ## Quick Start It is super easy to get started with your first project. ### Deploying Nacos on cloud You can deploy Nacos on cloud, which is the easiest and most convenient way to start Nacos. Use the following [Nacos deployment guide](https://cn.aliyun.com/product/aliware/mse?spm=nacos-website.topbar.0.0.0) to see more information and deploy a stable and out-of-the-box Nacos server. ### Start by the provided startup package #### Step 1: Download the binary package You can download the package from the [latest stable release](https://github.com/alibaba/nacos/releases). Take release `nacos-server-1.0.0.zip` for example: ```sh unzip nacos-server-1.0.0.zip cd nacos/bin ``` #### Step 2: Start Server On the **Linux/Unix/Mac** platform, run the following command to start server with standalone mode: ```sh sh startup.sh -m standalone ``` On the **Windows** platform, run the following command to start server with standalone mode. Alternatively, you can also double-click the `startup.cmd` to run NacosServer. ``` startup.cmd -m standalone ``` For more details, see [quick-start.](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/quickstart/quick-start/) ## Quick start for other open-source projects: * [Quick start with Nacos command and console](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/quickstart/quick-start/) * [Quick start with dubbo](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/ecology/use-nacos-with-dubbo/) * [Quick start with spring cloud](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/ecology/use-nacos-with-spring-cloud/) * [Quick start with kubernetes](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/quickstart/quick-start-kubernetes/) ## Documentation You can view the full documentation from the [Nacos website](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/overview/). You can also read this online eBook from the [NACOS ARCHITECTURE & PRINCIPLES](https://nacos.io/docs/ebook/kbyo6n/). All the latest and long-term notice can also be found here from [GitHub notice issue](ht ``` --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/alibaba-nacos`](/api/graphcanon/tools/alibaba-nacos) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_