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KrakenD

Ultra-high-performance API gateway

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 2.7k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

KrakenD is a stateless, declarative API gateway that aggregates and transforms responses from many backend services. It is designed for extreme performance with no shared state.

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Key features

  • Response aggregation
  • Stateless design
  • Declarative configuration
  • Very high throughput

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Active community (2.7k GitHub stars)

Is KrakenD secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for KrakenD's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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