Kong
konghq.com ↗Open sourceSelf-hostable
Deliver performance needed for microservices, service mesh, and cloud native deployments.
CategoryService Discovery & Service Mesh
PricingFree, open source+ paid cloud / support
Self-hostableYes
RepositoryKong/kong
LicenseApache-2.0
LanguageLua
Last activityOct 2026Active
Repository
From GitHub · updated Oct 4
Stars44k
Forks5.2k
Open issues223
Last pushOct 2026
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