About OMI

The Open Microservice Initiative (OMI) is a (continious work in progress) architectural consortium dedicated to the formalization of a universal standard for service-based software development. Our objective is to establish the technical “ground rules” that allow disparate services—built by different vendors—to function as a single, cohesive, and interchangeable ecosystem. OMI is nor a framework, nor a platform, it is a manifesto for the future of backend architecture.

The initiative was founded following a years spent observing the inherent redundancies in modern backend development. Driven by the philosophy that a microservice should “do one thing and do it well,” the OMI aims to provide a rigorous manifesto for services that are atomic, idempotent, and unopinionated. By codifying these standards, the OMI serves as the technical backbone for backend platforms, ensuring that developers can transition from the repetitive “CRUD ritual” to a future of high-velocity, modular assembly.

Unlike traditional frameworks, the OMI does not seek to be a proprietary silo; it is an open framework designed to foster a “market of primitives”. Whether a service manages blog posts, identity, or financial transactions, its compliance with OMI standards guarantees that it is universally integrable and inherently future-proofed for the age of autonomous AI agents.