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Top 23 Serverless Open-Source Projects
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Project mention: I Built a GitHub Profile README — the 'It Won't Show Up' Traps and Tips to Stand Out | dev.to | 2026-06-04
Here are just the key steps (the official repository README has the details).
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Appwrite
Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more
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Previous Serverless Version 0.5.x
⚡ Serverless Framework – Effortlessly build apps that auto-scale, incur zero costs when idle, and require minimal maintenance using AWS Lambda and other managed cloud services.
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Self-hosted, your infrastructure. Your keys, your network, no per-token middleman fee — you pay only for the box it runs on. LiteLLM is the broad default (Python, 100+ providers, virtual keys and budgets). If the gateway must never be your bottleneck, Bifrost (Go) and TensorZero (Rust) are built for throughput. If you already run Kubernetes, the AI plugins on Kong, Higress or Apache APISIX mean one less new service to operate.
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tidb
TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
A similar issue was also found in Tidb:
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Project mention: NPM packages compromised, 271 antv, echarts-for-react, size-sensor, timeago | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-19
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Project mention: Show HN: Schemic – your database schema, in the Zod API you know | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-19
I want you to give a look to a tool I have been working on for a while, Schemic. It's a tool that lets you author your database schema in Typescript, you forget about the DDL and just think on your database's native lingo.
I'd say the strongest points of the project is that it's a SUPERSET of the popular validation library Zod (https://zod.dev), which I'd say shines in representing typescript's type system in code. Schemic wraps it with database-specific flavour (opt-in, for precision) so you can do `s.string()` (zod drop-in, will work with any driver you choose) or `s.varchar()` (flavour added by the postgres driver).
I would like you to check it out and to the SurrealDB project (https://surrealdb.com/), right now that's the most complete driver, I'm working on getting the Postgres driver ready as well so more people can try it out.
Adoption is simple: `bunx @schemic/cli pull` will introspect your database and generate all schema files for you.
Extra bit: the resulting structure after a pull is concise enough that helps any AI agent understand the database easily. They are already good in both Typescript and Zod.
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dapr
Dapr is a portable runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge, combining event-driven architecture with workflow orchestration.
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Project mention: Pulumi Has a Free API: Infrastructure as Code with Real Programming Languages | dev.to | 2026-03-28
Pulumi lets you define cloud infrastructure using real programming languages — TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Java — instead of YAML or HCL. You get loops, conditionals, functions, type checking, and IDE autocomplete for your infrastructure.
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react-starter-kit
Edge-native React template in a monorepo setup: Includes Vite frontend, Hono API, TanStack Router, shared types/utilities, and Terraform infra for scalable web development.
Project mention: Next.js VS react-starter-kit - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/next.js | 2025-08-08Hey everyone, if Next.js feels a bit heavy for your needs or you're after something with Bun's speed, I'd suggest React Starter Kit as a solid alternative: https://github.com/kriasoft/react-starter-kit. It's a production-ready monorepo boilerplate with React 19, TypeScript for end-to-end safety, Tailwind CSS, tRPC for seamless APIs, and effortless Cloudflare Workers deployment—perfect for scalable full-stack apps with less config bloat and edge-native performance. Give it a spin if you're building something fresh!
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neon
Neon: Serverless Postgres. We separated storage and compute to offer autoscaling, code-like database branching, and scale to zero.
Project mention: The $0 Infrastructure: Launching a Rails SaaS for Free in 2026 | dev.to | 2026-02-09The Solution: Neon Neon separates storage from compute. It scales down to zero when no one is using it.
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APIJSON
🏆 Real-Time no-code, powerful and secure ORM 🚀 providing APIs and Docs without coding by Backend, and Frontend(Client) can customize response JSONs 🏆 实时 零代码、全功能、强安全 ORM 库 🚀 后端接口和文档零代码，前端(客户端) 定制返回 JSON 的数据和结构
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Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API Gateway. APISIX API Gateway provides rich traffic management features and can serve as an AI Gateway through its flexible plugin system.
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Project mention: I shipped a fix. The PR got closed. And that’s exactly how open source works sometimes 🙂 | dev.to | 2026-02-07
PR for context: https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/pull/3014
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awesome-aws
A curated list of awesome Amazon Web Services (AWS) libraries, open source repos, guides, blogs, and other resources. Featuring the Fiery Meter of AWSome.
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functions-samples
Collection of sample apps showcasing popular use cases using Cloud Functions for Firebase
A way to workaround this problem is to use Firebase Cloud Functions and configure them to behave like a reverse proxy. This tutorial will show you how.
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Project mention: Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-09
Very cool! Have you seen https://encore.dev/ ? Haven't used it personally but I saw it on HN last year and have been meaning to try it out.
Seems like your approach is a bit more "batteries-included" but I'd curious for your thoughts on the differences.
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https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/issues/1805
Love learning about crossplane and diving into its internals, so I am working on fixing issues it has on its "issues" page in GitHub.
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examples
Serverless Examples – A collection of boilerplates and examples of serverless architectures built with the Serverless Framework on AWS Lambda, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Functions, and more. (by serverless)
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Project mention: Launch Your First Serverless API: Hands-On with AWS Chalice on AWS Lambda | dev.to | 2025-08-19
If you're new to serverless, Chalice's minimal setup gets you deploying faster. Check the official GitHub for the latest updates: aws/chalice.
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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I Built a GitHub Profile README — the 'It Won't Show Up' Traps and Tips to Stand Out
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Serverless projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | github-readme-stats | 79,693 |
| 2 | Appwrite | 56,356 |
| 3 | Previous Serverless Version 0.5.x | 46,917 |
| 4 | Kong | 43,615 |
| 5 | tidb | 40,178 |
| 6 | firecracker | 34,980 |
| 7 | surrealdb | 32,424 |
| 8 | OpenFaaS | 26,180 |
| 9 | dapr | 25,839 |
| 10 | Pulumi | 25,323 |
| 11 | react-starter-kit | 23,603 |
| 12 | neon | 22,251 |
| 13 | APIJSON | 18,395 |
| 14 | apisix | 16,745 |
| 15 | trigger.dev | 15,403 |
| 16 | awesome-aws | 14,060 |
| 17 | functions-samples | 12,223 |
| 18 | Encore | 12,061 |
| 19 | Zappa | 11,837 |
| 20 | crossplane | 11,780 |
| 21 | examples | 11,517 |
| 22 | pipedream | 11,486 |
| 23 | chalice | 11,061 |
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