head to head · open source
kong vs Terrateam
kong has 44,348 GitHub stars, 5,238 forks, 200 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. Terrateam has 1,326 stars, 84 forks, 110 open issues and last shipped yesterday. kong leads on adoption by 3,244% (44,348 vs 1,326 stars). kong is written in Lua under Apache-2.0; Terrateam is written in OCaml under MPL-2.0. kong has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, Terrateam 6%. Terrateam was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (devops), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| kong | Terrateam | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 44K | ★ 1.3K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | Lua | OCaml |
| Last push | 2026-10-19 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.2K | ⑂ 84 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick kong if
- You weight community size — 44K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Lua
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Terrateam if
- You want the Terrateam feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches OCaml
- You evaluated both and Terrateam fits your workflow better
About kong
[![][kong logo]][kong url] [![Build Status][badge action image]][badge action url] Kong or Kong Gateway is a cloud native, platform agnostic, scalable API 𖧹 LLM 𖧹 MCP Gateway distinguished for its high performance and extensibility via plugins. It also provides advanced AI traffic capabilities with multi LLM support, semantic security, MCP traffic security and analytics, and more. By providing functionality for proxying, routing, load balancing, health checking, authentication (and more), Kong serves as the central layer for orchestrating microservices or conventional API traffic and agentic LLM and MCP as…
About Terrateam
Terraform without the state file bottleneck One state file means one global lock. Stategraph replaces it with a dependency graph. Plan and apply time is proportional to the size of your change, not the size of your state file, and changes that touch different resources run at the same time. [!NOTE] Terrateam and Stategraph have merged into one platform. We're transitioning gradually; existing Terrateam setups keep working unchanged. During the transition: Stategraph Orchestration (formerly Terrateam) → app.terrateam.io · docs.terrateam.io Stategraph Infrastructure as a Database → app.stategraph.cloud Website ·…
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Frequently asked questions
Is kong or Terrateam more popular?
kong has 44,348 GitHub stars and Terrateam has 1,326. kong has the larger community by that measure.
Are kong and Terrateam free?
Both are open source. kong is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Terrateam under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between kong and Terrateam?
kong is written in Lua and Terrateam in OCaml. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, kong or Terrateam?
Choose kong if you want the larger community (44,348 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Terrateam if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.