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Tyk

Open-source API gateway and management platform

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 10.9k stars Medium setup MPL-2.0

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.

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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 10.9k GitHub stars

Is Tyk secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Tyk's latest release (v5.15.1). OSV.dev lists 2 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2023-42283, published 2023-11-07 (1072 days ago)

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

Tyk replaces

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