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Lunar

Lunar is an enterprise-grade API management and AI control plane platform that provides a unified gateway for managing API traffic policies, rate limiting, quota enforcement, and API monetization across gateways. The platform combines an API consumption gateway with an MCP (Model Context Protocol) gateway to govern, secure, and observe interactions between AI agents, APIs, and data sources. Lunar delivers real-time visibility into model, API, and tool invocations alongside policy-based enforcement, cost controls, and advanced traffic shaping including retries, priority queues, and circuit breakers.

Lunar publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Configuration API, Discovery API, Doctor API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include API Management, API Gateway, AI Gateway, MCP Gateway, and Rate Limiting.

The Lunar catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Lunar’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, YouTube channel, product news, FAQ, and 26 more developer resources.

52.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware open core · MIT Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemium
3 APIs 22 Features
API ManagementAPI GatewayAI GatewayMCP GatewayRate LimitingQuota EnforcementAPI MonetizationTraffic ManagementAPI GovernanceCost ControlsObservability

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
The six quality facets above are damped to 80 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 20. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 80% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Lunar API Consumption Gateway

The Lunar API Consumption Gateway is a proxy-based infrastructure layer that routes outbound HTTP/HTTPS API traffic through configurable YAML-based flows. It enforces rate limit...

Lunar MCPX Gateway

The Lunar MCPX Gateway is an agent-native Model Context Protocol gateway that governs tool invocation for AI agents. It consolidates multiple MCP servers into a single endpoint,...

Lunar Configuration API

Contract-based configuration management

Lunar Discovery API

API discovery and remedy state reporting

Lunar Doctor API

Gateway diagnostic reporting

Lunar Flows API

Manage Lunar Flows (streams-based traffic shaping rules)

Lunar Handshake API

Gateway health and connectivity check

Lunar Policies API

Manage Lunar Policies (legacy traffic control rules)

Lunar Health API

Gateway health monitoring endpoints.

Lunar Proxy API

Proxy endpoints for routing third-party API traffic through the Lunar Gateway with policy enforcement, traffic controls, and observability.

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Postman Collections 5

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Open Collections 11

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Lunar Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Lunar Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Lunar Finops

FINOPS

Features 22

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Additional Features

Advanced Traffic Controls

Broad Sdk Support

Centralized Consumption

Configurable Policies

Consumer Tags

Egress API Proxy

Fail-Safe Mechanisms

Generic Approach

Inventory of APIs

Insights

Lunar Proxy

Lunar Interceptor

No Code Changes

Plugin System

Prioritized API Queuing

Production-Grade Ready

Quota Management

Real-Time Insights

Real-Time Controls

Real-Time Monitoring

Visibility

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Lunar Context

4 classes · 37 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Lunar API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 7

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Lunar.dev Discovered Endpoint

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Lunar.dev Flow

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Lunar.dev Health Status

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Lunar Flows Configuration

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Lunar Gateway Proxy Request Headers

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Lunar.dev Policy

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Lunar.dev Validation Result

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Lunar Apply Flows Payload

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Lunar Handshake Response

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Lunar Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Lunar Agentic Access

13 operations · 9 acting

13 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 6

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: lunar
name: Lunar
description: Lunar is an enterprise-grade API management and AI control plane platform that provides a unified gateway for
  managing API traffic policies, rate limiting, quota enforcement, and API monetization across gateways. The platform combines
  an API consumption gateway with an MCP (Model Context Protocol) gateway to govern, secure, and observe interactions between
  AI agents, APIs, and data sources. Lunar delivers real-time visibility into model, API, and tool invocations alongside policy-based
  enforcement, cost controls, and advanced traffic shaping including retries, priority queues, and circuit breakers.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: MIT
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  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/lunar.png https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lunar/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-08-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- API Management
- API Gateway
- AI Gateway
- MCP Gateway
- Rate Limiting
- Quota Enforcement
- API Monetization
- Traffic Management
- API Governance
- Cost Controls
- Observability
apis:
- aid: lunar:api-consumption-gateway
  name: Lunar API Consumption Gateway
  description: The Lunar API Consumption Gateway is a proxy-based infrastructure layer that routes outbound HTTP/HTTPS API
    traffic through configurable YAML-based flows. It enforces rate limits, quota policies, priority queues, circuit breakers,
    and endpoint access controls without requiring code changes in consuming applications. Requests are routed by setting
    x-lunar-scheme, x-lunar-host, and x-lunar-consumer-tag headers and targeting the gateway on port 8000.
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Traffic Management
  - Rate Limiting
  - Quota Enforcement
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/installation-overview/quick-start/quick-start-with-terminal/
  - type: ControlPlane
    url: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/installation-overview/quick-start/quick-start-with-control-plane/
- aid: lunar:mcpx-gateway
  name: Lunar MCPX Gateway
  description: The Lunar MCPX Gateway is an agent-native Model Context Protocol gateway that governs tool invocation for AI
    agents. It consolidates multiple MCP servers into a single endpoint, providing authentication, scoped permissions, secret
    forwarding, audit trails, and risk evaluation for AI agent workloads. The MCPX gateway supports role-based access control,
    tool groups, tool customization, and remote MCP authentication.
  humanURL: https://www.lunar.dev/product/ai-gateway
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - MCP Gateway
  - AI Governance
  - Agent Security
  - Tool Access Control
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.lunar.dev/
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.lunar.dev/product/ai-gateway
- aid: lunar:lunar-configuration-api
  name: Lunar Configuration API
  description: Contract-based configuration management
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lunar-configuration-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lunar:lunar-discovery-api
  name: Lunar Discovery API
  description: API discovery and remedy state reporting
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - Discovery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lunar-discovery-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lunar:lunar-doctor-api
  name: Lunar Doctor API
  description: Gateway diagnostic reporting
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - Doctor
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lunar-doctor-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lunar:lunar-flows-api
  name: Lunar Flows API
  description: Manage Lunar Flows (streams-based traffic shaping rules)
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - Flows
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lunar-flows-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lunar:lunar-handshake-api
  name: Lunar Handshake API
  description: Gateway health and connectivity check
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - Handshake
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lunar-handshake-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lunar:lunar-policies-api
  name: Lunar Policies API
  description: Manage Lunar Policies (legacy traffic control rules)
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - Policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lunar-policies-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lunar:lunar-health-api
  name: Lunar Health API
  description: Gateway health monitoring endpoints.
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lunar-health-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lunar:lunar-proxy-api
  name: Lunar Proxy API
  description: Proxy endpoints for routing third-party API traffic through the Lunar Gateway with policy enforcement, traffic
    controls, and observability.
  humanURL: https://docs.lunar.dev/api-gateway/get-started/welcome-to-lunar/
  baseURL: https://app.lunar.dev
  tags:
  - Proxy
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lunar-proxy-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/TheLunarCompany/lunar/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/TheLunarCompany/lunar/releases
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/TheLunarCompany/lunar/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/TheLunarCompany/lunar/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/TheLunarCompany/lunar/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/lunar-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lunar-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.lunar.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.lunar.dev/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/TheLunarCompany
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/TheLunarCompany/lunar
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://linkedin.com/company/lunar-api
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/_lunardev
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.lunar.dev/lunar-blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.lunar.dev/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://app.lunar.dev
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/T2VvD3hpxD
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@LunarDev-api/videos
- type: News
  url: https://www.lunar.dev/in-the-news
- type: Plans
  url: plans/lunar-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/lunar-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/lunar-finops.yml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/lunardev/overview
- url: https://github.com/TheLunarCompany
  name: GitHub Organization
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://www.lunar.dev/guides-resources
  name: 'API Consumption Management: Resources & Guides | Lunar.dev'
  type: Guide
  description: 'null'
- url: https://www.lunar.dev/faqs
  name: Lunar | Frequently asked questions
  type: FAQ
  description: 'null'
- url: https://www.lunar.dev/case-study
  name: Lunar Case Studies
  type: Customers
  description: 'null'
- url: https://www.lunar.dev/use-cases
  name: Use cases
  type: UseCases
  description: 'null'
- url: https://docs.lunar.dev/quick-start-guide/
  name: Quick Start Guide | Lunar Docs
  type: GettingStarted
  description: 'null'
- url: https://www.lunar.dev/about-us
  name: About Us | Lunar
  type: About
  description: 'null'
- url: https://login.lunar.dev/u/login?state=hKFo2SBYaVVrZmZpMHhLN3M3RFlmV0s1WUZCYzZjb2Nwa2FNWaFur3VuaXZlcnNhbC1sb2dpbqN0aWTZIEtDRC1iM2d3Z1ltMTNSYmpKZEloOHFHUFp3aG5FMk9vo2NpZNkgQTZBOVRoUnJ6anp2eEx6cFUwRm5JZE1Id0xUUmdnSFE
  name: Sign in | Lunar.dev
  type: Login
  description: 'null'
- url: https://www.lunar.dev/privacy-policy
  name: Lunar | Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
  description: 'null'
- url: https://www.lunar.dev/terms-of-use
  name: Lunar | Terms of Use
  type: TermsOfService
  description: 'null'
- url: https://www.lunar.dev/demo
  name: See lunar.dev in action
  type: Support
  description: 'null'
- name: Features
  type: Features
  data:
  - name: Additional Features
  - name: Advanced Traffic Controls
  - name: Broad Sdk Support
  - name: Centralized Consumption
  - name: Configurable Policies
  - name: Consumer Tags
  - name: Egress API Proxy
  - name: Fail-Safe Mechanisms
  - name: Generic Approach
  - name: Inventory of APIs
  - name: Insights
  - name: Lunar Proxy
  - name: Lunar Interceptor
  - name: No Code Changes
  - name: Plugin System
  - name: Prioritized API Queuing
  - name: Production-Grade Ready
  - name: Quota Management
  - name: Real-Time Insights
  - name: Real-Time Controls
  - name: Real-Time Monitoring
  - name: Visibility
  url: ''
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-merged-from:
- lunar-dev

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