Tyk
Open-source API gateway and management platform
Tyk is an open-source API gateway that provides authentication, rate limiting, analytics, and developer portal capabilities. It is written in Go for performance and easy deployment.
Key features
- API key and OAuth management
- Rate limiting and quotas
- Built-in analytics
- Kubernetes operator
Strengths
- Released under the MPL-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Mature project with 10.8k GitHub stars
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