Dapr

Introduced by Microsoft in 2019, Dapr was submitted to the CNCF in 2021, where it is currently in the incubation maturity phase. The Open Source project is governed by a steering and technical committee, including members like Alibaba, Diagrid, Dotmatics, Intel, and Microsoft.

Use Cases

• Distributed Application Runtime
• Pub/Sub Messaging
• State Management
• Workflow Orchestration

Focus

Dapr is an integrated serverless API for communication, state management, and workflows, that follow industry best practices for security, resiliency, and observability.

Dapr aims to simplify building distributed applications by providing essential tools and patterns to enhance developer productivity. Its flexibility in deployment and integration makes it suitable for most modern cloud-native architectures.

Dapr can be deployed in various environments:

• Locally on developer machines
• On Kubernetes clusters
• In serverless environments like Azure Container Apps and Diagrid Catalyst

Key Features

• Integrated APIs: Build distributed applications with reusable components.
• Event-Driven: Reactive programming through pub/sub messaging and bindings.
• State Management: Durable state storage across microservices for long-running processes.
• Workflow Automation: Orchestration of complex business processes with durable workflows.