Kong Gateway
🦍 The API and AI Gateway
Kong Gateway scores 6.9/10 (Solid) in Gateways & Routers.
Language Lua License Apache-2.0 Stars 43.7k★ Type heavyweight Self-host Yes Repo Kong/kong Homepage https://konghq.com
Quality
Solid 6.9
Adoption 66
Activity 53
Maturity 100
Community 70
Capability 50
Show the math
Overall 6.9/10
value = 6.9/10
score = value
Adoption 6.9/10
value = 66/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Activity 5.8/10
value = 53.3/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Maturity 10/10
value = 100/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Community 7.3/10
value = 69.7/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Capability 5.5/10
value = 50/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Key metrics
43.7k★ GitHub stars
11/90d Recent commits
4 devs/90d Recent contributors
11.6y Project age
active Last commit
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Labels
- Self-hosted
Self-hosted
You deploy and operate it yourself; there is no hosted option here.
- Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Resource-heavy to run (GPU, large memory, or multi-service stack).
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