Open source api-gateway projects
Every project in the registry tagged api-gateway, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
🦍 The API and AI Gateway
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
SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.
High-performance API gateway with built-in LLM support
Universal API management for REST, GraphQL, gRPC & async
🤖 AI Gateway | AI Native API Gateway
Apache ShenYu is a Java native API Gateway for service proxy, protocol conversion and API governance.
.NET API Gateway
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:
CLI tool to build, test, debug, and deploy Serverless applications using AWS SAM
A Cloud Native traffic orchestration system. (CNCF Project)
Open-source auth gateway connecting 1500+ SaaS providers to AI agents through SDK, CLI, MCP, HTTP, and OpenAPI.
The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway
Run Express and other Node.js frameworks on AWS Serverless technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, Lambda@Edge, and more.
An API Gateway built on Spring Framework and Spring Boot providing routing and more.
Next Generation Agentic Proxy for AI Agents and MCP servers
open source Kubernetes-native API gateway for microservices built on the Envoy Proxy
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
Optimizing inference proxy for LLMs
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
Deploy Node.js projects to AWS Lambda and API Gateway easily
Serverless Python
Microservices on .NET platforms used ASP.NET Web API, Docker, RabbitMQ, MassTransit, Grpc, Yarp API Gateway, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite, SqlServer, Marten, Entit
AI API identity gateway — reverse proxy that normalizes device fingerprints and telemetry for privacy-preserving API proxying
Manages Envoy Proxy as a Standalone or Kubernetes-based Application Gateway
Turn Windsurf / Devin Desktop's 100+ AI models (Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, SWE) into OpenAI-, Anthropic- & Gemini-compatible APIs. Zero-dependenc
Blazing-fast API gateway with linear scalability
👻 Proxy API gateway for Kiro IDE & CLI (Amazon Q Developer / AWS CodeWhisperer). Use free Claude models with any client.
Open source API management platform
Route GenAI traffic with confidence using open source
Local security audit for AI API relays and LLM proxies: detects prompt injection, model substitution, tool-call rewriting, SSE anomalies, error leakage, and Web
Unified API, event, and AI agent management platform
Connect APIs, databases, and streams without glue code
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source api-gateway projects are there?
This registry tracks 33 projects tagged api-gateway, with 252,778 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is kong at 44,147 stars.
Are these api-gateway projects free to use?
Yes — 31 of the 33 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 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?
27 of the 33 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.