7 Alternativen zu Kong Gateway: Apache APISIX und Tyk

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7 Alternativen zu Kong Gateway
Tool	Ersatzgrad	Sterne	Lizenz	Bedingungen	Selbst hostbar	Sprache	Neuestes Release	Letzter Push
Apache APISIX	Vollwertiger Ersatz	17k	Apache-2.0	Open Source	Ja	Lua	3.19.0	2026-10-04
Tyk	Vollwertiger Ersatz	11k	Other	Open Core	Ja	Go	v5.15.1	2026-10-06
Gravitee	Vollwertiger Ersatz	457	Apache-2.0	Open Source	Ja	Java	4.12.21	2026-10-06
Higress	Teilweise	9.5k	Apache-2.0	Open Source	Ja	Go	v2.2.5	2026-10-04
Apache ShenYu	Teilweise	8.8k	Apache-2.0	Open Source	Ja	Java	v2.7.1	2026-10-06
Easegress	Teilweise	5.9k	Apache-2.0	Open Source	Ja	Go	v2.11.0	2026-07-20
KrakenD	Teilweise	2.7k	Apache-2.0	Open Source	Ja	Go	v3.0.0	2026-09-30

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API gateway in Go with auth, quotas and plugins.

Gravitee.io - OpenSource API Management

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A Java gateway with plugins for HTTP, gRPC, Dubbo and Spring Cloud services, configured from its own admin console.

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A Go traffic gateway with filters for rate limits, auth and resilience, configured in YAML.

KrakenD Community Edition: High-performance, stateless, declarative, API Gateway written in Go.

Stateless gateway configured from a file, focused on aggregating backends.