Open source api-gateway projects

Every project in the registry tagged api-gateway, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 64 combined stars ★ 306K refresh nightly
01 kong ★ 44K

🦍 The API and AI Gateway

last push15 days ago languageLua licenseApache-2.0
02 one-api ★ 37K

LLM API 管理 & 分发系统,支持 OpenAI、Azure、Anthropic Claude、Google Gemini、DeepSeek、字节豆包、ChatGLM、文心一言、讯飞星火、通义千问、360 智脑、腾讯混元等主流模型,统一 API 适配,可用于 key 管理与二次分发。单可执行文件,提供 Docke

last push10 months ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
03 SafeLine ★ 23K

SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.

last push12 days ago languageGo licenseGPL-3.0
04 Apache APISIX ★ 17K

High-performance API gateway with built-in LLM support

last push22 hours ago languageLua licenseApache-2.0
05 Tyk ★ 11K

Universal API management for REST, GraphQL, gRPC & async

last push12 hours ago languageGo license—
06 higress ★ 9.7K

🤖 AI Gateway | AI Native API Gateway

last push21 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
07 Bifrost ★ 9.3K

Ultra-fast AI gateway with enterprise-grade reliability

last push10 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
08 shenyu ★ 8.9K

Apache ShenYu is a Java native API Gateway for service proxy, protocol conversion and API governance.

last push14 hours ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
09 Ocelot ★ 8.7K

.NET API Gateway

last push2 days ago languageC# licenseMIT
10 gpt-load ★ 7.2K

Self-hosted AI gateway for multi-channel, multi-credential setups — API keys and subscription accounts, scheduling, failover, request logs and usage. 自托管 AI 网关:

last push19 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
11 aws-sam-cli ★ 6.7K

CLI tool to build, test, debug, and deploy Serverless applications using AWS SAM

last push20 hours ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
12 open-connector ★ 6.2K

Open-source auth gateway connecting 1500+ SaaS providers to AI agents through SDK, CLI, MCP, HTTP, and OpenAPI.

last push19 hours ago languageTypeScript license—
13 agentgateway ★ 5.9K

Next Generation Agentic Proxy for AI Agents and MCP servers

last push10 hours ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
14 easegress ★ 5.9K

A Cloud Native traffic orchestration system. (CNCF Project)

last push21 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
15 kgateway ★ 5.7K

The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway

last push10 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
16 axonhub ★ 5.4K

⚡️ Open-source AI Gateway — Use any SDK to call 100+ LLMs. Built-in failover, load balancing, cost control & end-to-end tracing.

last push11 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
17 serverless-express ★ 5.3K

Run Express and other Node.js frameworks on AWS Serverless technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, Lambda@Edge, and more.

last push7 months ago languageJavaScript licenseApache-2.0
18 spring-cloud-gateway ★ 4.9K

An API Gateway built on Spring Framework and Spring Boot providing routing and more.

last push8 days ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
19 mcp-context-forge ★ 4.7K

An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails and

last push11 hours ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
20 emissary ★ 4.5K

open source Kubernetes-native API gateway for microservices built on the Envoy Proxy

last push21 hours ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
21 optillm ★ 4.3K

Optimizing inference proxy for LLMs

last push24 hours ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
22 octelium ★ 4.2K

A next-gen FOSS self-hosted unified zero trust secure access platform that can operate as a remote access VPN, a ZTNA platform, API/AI/MCP gateway, a PaaS, an n

last push12 hours ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
23 claudia ★ 3.9K

Deploy Node.js projects to AWS Lambda and API Gateway easily

last push6 months ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
24 Zappa ★ 3.7K

Serverless Python

last push25 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
25 workbuddy2api-hub ★ 3.4K

WorkBuddy 国际国内多账号反代网关,支持 Codex / Claude Code / DSH与标准 OpenAI 客户端。

last push13 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
26 run-aspnetcore-microservices ★ 3.3K

Microservices on .NET platforms used ASP.NET Web API, Docker, RabbitMQ, MassTransit, Grpc, Yarp API Gateway, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite, SqlServer, Marten, Entit

last push8 months ago languageC# licenseMIT
27 gateway ★ 3.1K

Manages Envoy Proxy as a Standalone or Kubernetes-based Application Gateway

last push22 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
28 WindsurfAPI ★ 3.1K

Turn Windsurf / Devin Desktop's 100+ AI models (Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, SWE) into OpenAI-, Anthropic- & Gemini-compatible APIs. Zero-dependenc

last push31 hours ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
29 cc-gateway ★ 3.1K

AI API identity gateway — reverse proxy that normalizes device fingerprints and telemetry for privacy-preserving API proxying

last push7 months ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
30 Krakend ★ 2.7K

Blazing-fast API gateway with linear scalability

last push15 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
31 kiro-gateway ★ 2.3K

👻 Proxy API gateway for Kiro IDE & CLI (Amazon Q Developer / AWS CodeWhisperer). Use free Claude models with any client.

last push6 months ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
32 Envoy AI Gateway ★ 2.3K

Route GenAI traffic with confidence using open source

last push5 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
33 agent-router ★ 2.3K

Manages Unified Access to Generative AI Services built on Envoy Gateway

last push5 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
34 api-umbrella ★ 2.2K

Open source API management platform

last push23 hours ago languageRuby licenseMIT
35 mangum ★ 2.1K

AWS Lambda support for ASGI applications

last push9 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
36 fusio ★ 2.1K

Self-Hosted API Management for Builders

last push7 days ago languagePHP licenseApache-2.0
37 APIPark ★ 1.8K

Cloud native, ultra-high performance AI&API gateway, LLM API management, distribution system, open platform, supporting all AI APIs.🦄云原生、超高性能 AI&API网关,LLM API

last push7 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
38 uusec-waf ★ 1.7K

Industry-leading free, high-performance, AI and semantic technology Web Application Firewall and API Security Gateway (WAAP) - UUSEC WAF.

last push41 hours ago languageShell licenseBSD-2-Clause
39 apinto ★ 1.7K

基于golang开发的网关。具有各种插件,可以自行扩展,即插即用。此外,它可以快速帮助企业管理API服务,提高API服务的稳定性和安全性。

last push15 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
40 serverless-java-container ★ 1.6K

A Java wrapper to run Spring, Spring Boot, Jersey, and other apps inside AWS Lambda.

last push25 hours ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
41 openresty-manager ★ 1.5K

Modern, secure, and elegant server control panel, alternative to OpenResty Edge and Nginx Proxy Manager.

last push17 days ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
42 lambda-api ★ 1.5K

Lightweight web framework for your serverless applications

last push5 days ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
43 CliRelay ★ 1.0K

Self-hosted AI gateway for coding CLIs — one OpenAI/Claude/Gemini/Codex-compatible endpoint, with a multi-tenant web console, request logs, and spend quotas.

last pushyesterday languageGo licenseMIT
44 product-apim ★ 1.0K

Welcome to the WSO2 API Manager source code! For info on working with the WSO2 API Manager repository and contributing code, click the link below.

last push24 hours ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
45 pingoo ★ 1.0K

The fast and secure Load Balancer / API Gateway / Reverse Proxy with built-in service discovery, GeoIP, WAF, bot protection and much more - https://pingoo.io

last push12 days ago languageRust licenseMIT
46 zato ★ 1.0K

ESB, SOA, REST, APIs and Cloud Integrations in Python

last push10 hours ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
47 api-relay-audit ★ 904

Local security audit for AI API relays and LLM proxies: detects prompt injection, model substitution, tool-call rewriting, SSE anomalies, error leakage, and Web

last push6 days ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
48 mcp-gateway ★ 903

MCP Gateway is a reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers, enabling scalable, session-aware stateful routing and lifecycle management of MCP servers i

last push4 days ago languageC# licenseMIT
49 apisix-docker ★ 871

the docker for Apache APISIX

last push1 months ago languageDockerfile licenseApache-2.0
50 open-agent-connector ★ 849

Open-source, self-hosted alternative to Composio, Nango, Merge.dev, and Arcade.dev for AI agent integrations. Run GitHub, Slack, Hacker News, and custom HTTP ac

last push11 days ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
51 resgate ★ 739

A Realtime API Gateway used with NATS to build REST, real time, and RPC APIs, where all your clients are synchronized seamlessly.

last push6 months ago languageGo licenseMIT
52 agent-safe-pipeline ★ 672

An execution-authority gateway for AI agents and APIs. It intercepts consequential HTTP actions, asks Decionis whether they are authorized, and forwards exactly

last push5 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
53 rustunnel ★ 660

Self-hosted, secure tunnel server in Rust. Expose local HTTP/HTTPS/TCP/UDP services to the public internet via TLS-encrypted WebSocket. Open-source, pay-as-you-

last push2 days ago languageRust licenseAGPL-3.0
54 api-gateway ★ 656

Java-based API Gateway bridging legacy and modern APIs with WSDL-to-OpenAPI, SOAP-to-REST, XML, OAuth2, and GraphQL.

last push10 hours ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
55 api-firewall ★ 654

Fast and light-weight API proxy firewall for request and response validation by OpenAPI specs.

last push7 months ago languageGo licenseMPL-2.0
56 scalecube-services ★ 639

Microservices library - scalecube-services is a high throughput, low latency reactive microservices library built to scale. It features: API-Gateways, service-d

last push6 days ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
57 antirion ★ 631

🕷️ The fastest open-source AI Gateway and LLM Gateway — one binary with built-in console to route, secure, budget and observe every LLM call across OpenAI, Ant

last push3 days ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
58 reactive-interaction-gateway ★ 602

Create low-latency, interactive user experiences for stateless microservices.

last push7 months ago languageElixir licenseApache-2.0
59 dubbo-go-pixiu ★ 566

Based on the proxy gateway service of dubbo-go, it solves the problem that the external protocol calls the internal Dubbo cluster. At present, it supports HTTP

last push42 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
60 aws-lambda-fastify ★ 560

Insipired by aws-serverless-express to work with Fastify with inject functionality

last push7 days ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source api-gateway projects are there?

This registry tracks 64 projects tagged api-gateway, with 305,949 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is kong at 44,348 stars.

Are these api-gateway projects free to use?

Yes — 61 of the 64 carry an explicit open-source licence across 6 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which api-gateway project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these api-gateway projects still maintained?

54 of the 64 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.