--- title: What Is a Modular Monolith? | daily.dev description: Modular monoliths offer the benefits of both traditional monolithic applications and microservices. They provide simplified deployment, improved performance,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-modular-monolith--gphgyuguc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What Is a Modular Monolith? | daily.dev og:description: Modular monoliths offer the benefits of both traditional monolithic applications and microservices. They provide simplified deployment, improved performance,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-modular-monolith--gphgyuguc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GpHGyUGUc.png og:image:alt: What Is a Modular Monolith? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What Is a Modular Monolith? **[Milan Jovanović](https://daily.dev/sources/milanjovanovic)** · 5 min read · 31 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Modular monoliths offer the benefits of both traditional monolithic applications and microservices. They provide simplified deployment, improved performance, enhanced development velocity, easier transaction management, lower operational complexity, and an easier transition to microservices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@nm\_** · 0 upvotes > Could somebody explain to me how to handle downtime or availability in a modular monolith, for example when java rmi timed out? --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-modular-monolith--gphgyuguc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What Is a Modular Monolith?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-modular-monolith--gphgyuguc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-modular-monolith--gphgyuguc"},"datePublished":"2024-03-08T08:27:10.853Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z","description":"Modular monoliths offer the benefits of both traditional monolithic applications and microservices. 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