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Technology Stack

Technology Stack

This page summarizes the main technologies IoT DC3 currently runs on and recommends for local development. Treat pom.xml, dc3-web/package.json, and docs/package.json as the source of truth for exact versions; the README keeps only a short reader-facing summary.

Backend and Center Services

Area Technologies Purpose
Language and frameworks Java 21 · Spring Boot 4 · Spring Cloud 2025 Runtime foundation for the gateway, center services, and driver processes
AI integration Spring AI 2.0 Agentic Center integration with OpenAI-compatible providers, Tool Calling, and MCP workflows
Web and API Spring WebFlux · Spring Security · springdoc-openapi HTTP APIs, authentication and authorization, and aggregated API docs
Service collaboration gRPC · Protobuf · Facade interfaces Strongly typed contracts between center services
Build Maven 3.9+ Multi-module build, tests, packaging, and dependency version management

Data, Messaging, and Scheduling

Area Technologies Purpose
Primary storage PostgreSQL Business data, tenants, resources, device models, and runtime data
Time-series and extensions TimescaleDB · AGE · pgvector Point history, graph capabilities, and vector capabilities
ORM / data access MyBatis-Plus Persistence access and paginated queries at the DO layer
Message bus RabbitMQ Asynchronous point value reports, command dispatch, and buffering between drivers and the data center
Cache and scheduling Caffeine · Quartz In-process caching, scheduled jobs, and task orchestration

Frontend, Docs, and Automation

Area Technologies Purpose
Web frontend Vue 3 · TypeScript 6 · Vite 8 · Element Plus Management console under dc3-web/
Visualization AntV G2/G6 Dashboard charts and relationship visualizations
Docs site VitePress · Mermaid The current docs/ site, architecture diagrams, and flow diagrams
CLI automation TypeScript · pnpm · Vitest Sibling dc3-cli/ project, a Gateway-oriented command-line client
Container deployment Podman · Docker Compose Local dependencies, dev stack, app stack, and optional observability stack

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