Accelerating Modern Development with WSO2 Choreo

Ovindi VimashaOvindi Vimasha
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Building APIs and connecting systems used to take weeks or even months. Today, agility is everything and developers need tools that don’t just support the cloud, but truly embrace it.

Enter WSO2 Choreo: a cloud-native developer platform for building, deploying, and managing APIs, services, and integrations faster without sacrificing power or control.

Choreo is like having a DevOps, API Gateway, Service Mesh, and Integration Engineer in one box so you can go from idea to production in hours, not weeks.

What is WSO2 Choreo?

WSO2 Choreo is a low-code/full-code hybrid integration and API platform built on top of the Ballerina programming language. It offers developers a drag-and-drop workflow editor, advanced observability, built-in CI/CD, and fully managed cloud runtime.

Think: if Postman, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and an ESB had a baby, it would look like Choreo.

Key Features

  • Service Composition: Combine multiple APIs and services visually or via Ballerina code.

  • Auto CI/CD: Every code commit is automatically built, tested, and deployed to a managed cloud.

  • Built-in Security: OAuth2, scopes, and mTLS out of the box for APIs and services.

  • Cloud Native by Design: Choreo services are Kubernetes-native and support autoscaling.

  • Unified Observability: Get logs, metrics, and traces in one dashboard using OpenTelemetry.

Real-World Use Cases

  • Build an API for your mobile app backend and expose it securely in minutes.

  • Automate integrations between your CRM, payment system, and Slack without custom backend code.

  • Create a webhook-driven service that reacts to GitHub events and logs activity.

  • Publish your APIs as products, add rate limits, secure them, and share them publicly or privately.

Developer Tools & Experience

  • Visual Editor + Code Editor: Start with drag-and-drop; switch to full-code for advanced flows.

  • GitHub Integration: Version control and CI/CD integrated with GitHub repos.

  • Testing & Preview: Preview your APIs before deploying, test inline, and roll back if needed.

  • API Lifecycle Management: From creation and sandbox testing to publishing and versioning.

What Problems Does Choreo Solve?

ChallengeHow Choreo Helps
Need to integrate APIs quicklyDrag-and-drop integration or use Ballerina directly
No DevOps team?CI/CD and runtime management are built-in
Struggling with observabilityOne-click access to logs, traces, and metrics
Building microservices?Fully Kubernetes-ready and scalable
Don’t want to manage infraServerless, managed runtime focus only on your code

Final Thoughts

WSO2 Choreo represents a new wave of developer platforms abstracting away the complexity of cloud infrastructure while giving you full control over logic, deployment, and monitoring. Whether you're building for scale or prototyping fast, Choreo meets you where you are.

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Ovindi Vimasha
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