Gateway API
Next-generation Kubernetes traffic routing standard
Gateway API is an official Kubernetes project providing an expressive, role-oriented, and portable set of APIs for ingress, load balancing, and service mesh traffic. Multiple proxies implement it.
Key features
- Modern ingress replacement
- Role-oriented API
- Portable across proxies
- HTTP, TCP, and TLS routes
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Active community (3k GitHub stars)
- Written in Go
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