APISIX
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Overview
Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API Gateway. It provides rich traffic management features such as load balancing, dynamic upstream, canary release, circuit breaking, authentication, observability, and more.
Key Features
Dynamic and real-time configuration without restarts
Support for HTTP, TCP, UDP, gRPC, and MQTT proxy
Extensive ecosystem of plugins (authentication, security, traffic control, observability)
High performance based on Nginx and LuaJIT
Use Cases
Used to handle traditional north-south traffic, as well as east-west traffic between microservices.
Getting Started
Visit https://apisix.apache.org/ or check out the GitHub repository at https://github.com/apache/apisix to get started.
Recent Updates
Actively developed by the Apache Software Foundation as a leading Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway.
Did You Know?
Graduated as a Top-Level Project in the Apache Software Foundation.