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Kong
KongLua

A cloud-native, high-performance API and AI Gateway for orchestrating microservices, LLM, and MCP traffic with extensible plugins.

#ai-gateway#api-gateway#reverse-proxy
Stars44.1k
Forks5.2k
Last commit2 days ago
Envoy
EnvoyC++

A cloud-native high-performance proxy for edge, middle, and service communication in microservices architectures.

#api-gateway#more-cats#nanoservices
Stars28.9k
Forks5.6k
Last commit1 day ago
Pingora
PingoraRust

A Rust framework for building fast, reliable, and programmable networked systems and HTTP proxies.

#http-proxy#async-rust#high-performance
Stars27.3k
Forks1.7k
Last commit11 days ago
ngrok
ngrokGo

A globally distributed reverse proxy that secures, protects, and accelerates applications and network services.

#api-gateway#reverse-proxy#developer-tools
Stars24.4k
Forks4.3k
Last commit2 years ago
bRPC
bRPCC++

An industrial-grade, high-performance RPC framework in C++ for building scalable distributed systems.

#raft-consensus#high-performance#observability
Stars17.6k
Forks4.1k
Last commit2 days ago
Apache APISIX (k)
Apache APISIX (k)Lua

A dynamic, real-time, high-performance cloud-native API gateway and AI gateway for traffic management and service orchestration.

#ai-gateway#api-gateway#reverse-proxy
Stars17.1k
Forks2.9k
Last commit2 days ago
coturn
coturnC

A free open-source TURN and STUN server for NAT traversal in VoIP and WebRTC applications.

#turn-server#server#media-gateway
Stars14.4k
Forks2.3k
Last commit4 days ago
zuul
zuulJava

Zuul is an L7 application gateway for dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, and security.

#api-gateway#reverse-proxy#java
Stars14.1k
Forks2.4k
Last commit3 days ago
eureka
eurekaJava

A RESTful service registry for AWS cloud environments that enables service discovery, load balancing, and failover.

#rest-api#java#resilience
Stars12.7k
Forks3.8k
Last commit12 days ago
Eureka
EurekaJava

A RESTful service registry for AWS cloud environments, enabling service discovery, load balancing, and failover for middle-tier servers.

#java#restful-api#netflix-oss
Stars12.7k
Forks3.8k
Last commit12 days ago
gnet
gnetGo

A high-performance, lightweight, non-blocking, event-driven networking framework written in pure Go.

#event-driven#tcp#high-performance
Stars11.2k
Forks1.1k
Last commit1 month ago
Ocelot
OcelotC#

A .NET API Gateway for microservices architectures, providing routing, authentication, and load balancing.

#api-gateway#reverse-proxy#caching
Stars8.7k
Forks1.7k
Last commit2 days ago
RPCX
RPCXGo

A high-performance, feature-rich microservices framework for Go, designed for simplicity and scalability.

#dubbo#high-performance#distributed-systems
Stars8.3k
Forks1.2k
Last commit2 days ago
fabio
fabioGo

A fast, zero-configuration load balancing HTTP(S) and TCP router for services managed by Consul.

#reverse-proxy#vault#docker
Stars7.3k
Forks623
Last commit1 day ago
ProxySQL
ProxySQLC++

A high-performance, high-availability proxy for MySQL and PostgreSQL with advanced routing, caching, and load balancing.

#connection-pooling#high-availability#database-performance
Stars6.9k
Forks1.1k
Last commit2 days ago
Moleculer
MoleculerJavaScript

A progressive microservices framework for Node.js that helps build efficient, reliable, and scalable services.

#event-driven#tracing#api-gateway
Stars6.4k
Forks603
Last commit7 days ago
jsDelivr
jsDelivrJavaScript

A free, fast, and reliable open-source CDN for npm, GitHub, WordPress, and ES modules with multi-CDN failover.

#open-source#es-modules#esm
Stars6.4k
Forks2.1k
Last commit2 months ago
VeryNginx - Nginx distribution which provides WAF, Control Panel, and Dashboards
VeryNginx - Nginx distribution which provides WAF, Control Panel, and DashboardsLua

A powerful web interface and WAF for Nginx/OpenResty, providing firewall, control panel, and real-time dashboards.

#reverse-proxy#lua-scripting#web-security
Stars6.0k
Forks938
Last commit
Easegress
EasegressGo

A cloud-native traffic orchestration system for high availability, extensibility, and observability in API management and service mesh.

#api-gateway#reverse-proxy#traffic-orchestration
Stars5.9k
Forks498
Last commit1 month ago
sish
sishGo

Open-source SSH tunneling server for HTTP(S), WS(S), and TCP tunnels to localhost with no custom client required.

#reverse-proxy#network-tools#ssh-tunneling
Stars4.7k
Forks333
Last commit2 months ago
caddy-docker-proxy
caddy-docker-proxyGo

A Caddy plugin that automatically configures reverse proxy routing for Docker containers and services using labels.

#reverse-proxy#container-orchestration#caddy
Stars4.6k
Forks223
Last commit16 days ago
ribbon
ribbonJava

A battle-tested client-side IPC library with built-in load balancing, fault tolerance, and support for HTTP/TCP/UDP protocols.

#distributed-systems#java#fault-tolerance
Stars4.6k
Forks1.2k
Last commit8 months ago
nginx
nginx

A curated collection of resources covering Nginx, Nginx + Lua, OpenResty, and Tengine for developers and administrators.

#api-gateway#reverse-proxy#lua-scripting
Stars3.8k
Forks328
Last commit1 month ago
Skipper
SkipperGo

An HTTP router and reverse proxy for service composition, designed to handle large-scale routing definitions and Kubernetes Ingress.

#mosaic#http-proxy#api-gateway
Stars3.3k
Forks404
Last commit2 days ago
surging
surgingC#

A lightweight, high-performance microservices framework for .NET Core with RPC, service discovery, and event-driven architecture.

#event-driven#log4net#fault-tolerance
Stars3.3k
Forks920
Last commit4 months ago
Wangle
WangleC++

A C++ networking library providing client/server abstractions for building consistent, modular, and composable services.

#pipeline-architecture#protocol-handling#service-abstraction
Stars3.1k
Forks547
Last commit2 days ago
Envoy Gateway (.6k)
Envoy Gateway (.6k)Go

An open-source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway using Gateway API resources.

#api-gateway#hacktoberfest#reverse-proxy
Stars3.0k
Forks853
Last commit1 day ago
rest.li
rest.liJava

A REST+JSON framework for building scalable service architectures with type-safe bindings and asynchronous APIs.

#service-architecture#json-api#asynchronous-apis
Stars2.5k
Forks564
Last commit1 month ago
linkerd2-proxy
linkerd2-proxyRust

A transparent, high-performance proxy written in Rust for the Linkerd service mesh, handling HTTP, HTTP/2, TCP, and WebSocket traffic.

#proxy#observability#cncf
Stars2.1k
Forks302
Last commit3 days ago
Traffic Server
Traffic ServerC++

A fast, scalable, and extensible HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 compliant caching proxy server for building cloud services.

#http-proxy#cloud-infrastructure#hacktoberfest
Stars2.0k
Forks874
Last commit1 day ago
discovery
discoveryGo

A production-ready service registry for resilient mid-tier load balancing and failover, used at Bilibili.

#service-registry#production#discovery
Stars1.8k
Forks394
Last commit3 years ago
Apinto (.6k)
Apinto (.6k)Go

A high-performance, extensible, cloud-native API gateway built with Go, featuring plugin-based architecture and enterprise-grade management.

#api-gateway#api#proxy
Stars1.7k
Forks258
Last commit1 month ago
microdot
microdotC#

An open-source .NET framework for building scalable microservices with Orleans integration and comprehensive distributed system support.

#orleans#health-checks#dependency-injection
Stars1.5k
Forks231
Last commit2 years ago
OpenResty Manager
OpenResty ManagerGo

A modern, secure, and elegant web-based control panel for managing OpenResty servers, reverse proxies, and CDN clusters.

#api-gateway#reverse-proxy#openresty-manager
Stars1.4k
Forks113
Last commit17 days ago
rotating-proxy
rotating-proxyRuby

A Docker container that provides a rotating proxy service using multiple Tor circuits for IP rotation.

#http-proxy#polipo#haproxy
Stars1.2k
Forks253
Last commit2 years ago
multitor
multitorShell

A tool to create multiple TOR instances with load-balancing for increased anonymity and distributed traffic.

#haproxy#multi-tor#proxy
Stars1.2k
Forks187
Last commit1 year ago
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