Higress

aid: higress
name: Higress
description: Higress is a cloud-native API gateway built on Istio and Envoy, providing enterprise-grade API gateway capabilities
  including traffic management, security, observability, and AI plugin support. It is an open-source project under the CNCF
  ecosystem.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  generated: '2026-08-11'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/higress.png
tags:
- API Gateway
- Cloud-Native
- Istio
- Kubernetes
tags_raw:
- API Gateway
- Cloud Native
- Istio
- Kubernetes
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/higress/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: higress:higress
  name: Higress
  description: Higress is a next-generation cloud-native API gateway that provides intelligent routing, traffic management,
    authentication, and observability capabilities for microservices architectures.
  humanURL: https://higress.io/en-us/
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Cloud-Native
  tags_raw:
  - API Gateway
  - Cloud Native
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/user/quickstart
  - type: Reference
    url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/ops/config/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress/releases
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress
- aid: higress:higress-console-api
  name: Higress Console API
  description: The Higress Console API provides a RESTful management interface for configuring and administering a running
    Higress gateway instance. It supports management of ingress routes, service sources, TLS certificates, plugins, and gateway
    configuration through the built-in web console backend.
  humanURL: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/ops/api
  tags:
  - Admin
  - Configuration
  - Management
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/ops/api
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress-console
- aid: higress:higress-ai-gateway
  name: Higress AI Gateway
  description: Higress AI Gateway extends the core Higress gateway with AI-specific capabilities including LLM proxy routing,
    multi-provider support for OpenAI-compatible APIs, prompt templating, token-based rate limiting, semantic caching, and
    AI observability. It enables teams to manage and govern traffic to large language model services.
  humanURL: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/plugins/ai/
  tags:
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - API Gateway
  - Cloud-Native
  - LLM
  tags_raw:
  - AI
  - API Gateway
  - Cloud Native
  - LLM
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/plugins/ai/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/user/ai-proxy/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress
- aid: higress:higress-wasm-plugin-api
  name: Higress Wasm Plugin API
  description: The Higress Wasm Plugin API provides a WebAssembly-based extension interface for developing and deploying custom
    plugins on the Higress gateway. Plugins can be written in Go, Rust, C++, or any language that compiles to WebAssembly,
    and can intercept and transform HTTP requests and responses at the gateway level.
  humanURL: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/plugins/custom/
  tags:
  - Cloud-Native
  - Extensions
  - Plugins
  - WebAssembly
  tags_raw:
  - Cloud Native
  - Extensions
  - Plugins
  - WebAssembly
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/plugins/custom/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/plugins/custom/go-plugin/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress
common:
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/higress-group/higress/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/higress-group/higress/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/higress-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://higress.io/en-us/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://higress.io/en-us/docs/user/quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://higress.io/en-us/blog/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress/releases
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/alibaba
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress
- type: Issue Tracker
  url: https://github.com/alibaba/higress/issues
- type: Community
  url: https://discord.gg/higress
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://higress.io/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com