Kong Gateway Has a Free API: The API Gateway That Handles Authentication, Rate Limiting, and Routing in One Place

Every API needs authentication, rate limiting, and routing. You can build these yourself, or you can use Kong — the most popular open-source API gateway that handles all of it with zero custom code. What Is Kong Gateway? Kong is an open-source API gateway built on nginx and OpenResty. It sits in front of your APIs and handles cross-cutting concerns: authentication, rate limiting, request transformation, logging, and more. You configure everything through a REST Admin API. The Free API Kong Gateway OSS is completely free: Admin API : Full REST API for managing routes, services, and plugins 50+ plugins : Auth, rate limiting, caching, logging, transformations DB-less mode : Run without a database using declarative config Multi-protocol : HTTP, gRPC, WebSocket, TCP/UDP Plugin development kit : Build custom plugins in Lua, Go, Python, or JavaScript Quick Start Run Kong with Docker: # Start Kong in DB-less mode docker run -d --name kong \ -e KONG_DATABASE = off \ -e KONG_DECLARATIVE_CONFIG =