# Envoy Gateway

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/envoy-gateway/  
**Website:** https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Envoy Gateway is a CNCF project providing a Kubernetes-native API gateway built on Envoy Proxy, implementing the Kubernetes Gateway API for simplified traffic management and ingress control. Envoy Gateway exposes its functionality through Kubernetes Gateway API resources and Custom Resource Definitions rather than a traditional REST API.

## Kin Score — 16.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 16.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Envoy Gateway** — Envoy Gateway provides an expressive, extensible, role-oriented API for Kubernetes gateway management built on Envoy Proxy. Configuration is done through Kubernetes Gateway API ...

## Security (1)

- **Envoy Gateway Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Envoy Gateway Plans Pricing**

## Tags

API Gateway, CNCF, Envoy, Kubernetes, Open-Source

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/envoy-gateway/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.