Kong Gateway
API gateway built on nginx and OpenResty, extended with Lua plugins for auth, rate limiting and routing.
Overview
API gateway built on nginx and OpenResty, extended with Lua plugins for auth, rate limiting and routing.
- Category
- API gateways · APIs
- Platforms
- Linux, API only
- Pricing
- Free
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Source code
- Kong/kong
- Repository stars
- 44,151
- API
- No public API description
Release history
No release for 94 days2 releases in the last 12 months.
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3.9.3
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3.9.2
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3.9.1
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3.9.0
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3.8.1
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3.8.0
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