Kong

Kong Gateway

Kong Gateway is the open-source, lightweight, cloud-native API gateway optimized for microservices, delivering low-latency performance and scalability through a rich plugin ecosystem. It is the data-plane foundation underneath every other Kong product.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/
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GettingStarted
https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/install/

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/Kong/kong

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/
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GraphQL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kong/refs/heads/main/graphql/kong-graphql.md
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kong/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kong:kong
name: Kong Gateway
description: Kong Gateway is the open-source, lightweight, cloud-native API gateway optimized for microservices,
  delivering low-latency performance and scalability through a rich plugin ecosystem. It is the data-plane
  foundation underneath every other Kong product.
humanURL: https://konghq.com/products/kong-gateway
tags:
- API Gateway
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- API Gateway
- Open Source
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/install/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Kong/kong
- url: graphql/kong-graphql.md
  type: GraphQL