Apache APISIX
Dynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway
Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway that provides traffic management features such as load balancing, authentication, and observability. It supports hot reloading of plugins.
Key features
- Dynamic plugin loading
- High throughput
- Built-in dashboard
- gRPC and WebSocket proxying
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Mature project with 17k GitHub stars
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