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Netflix Zuul

Netflix Zuul is an open-source L7 application gateway that provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, and security for edge services. Originally developed by Netflix, Zuul 2 uses Netty for non-blocking I/O and is commonly used as an API gateway and edge service.

Netflix Zuul publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include API Gateway, Edge Service, Netflix, and Open Source.

Netflix Zuul’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, changelog, engineering blog, Stack Overflow tag, and 4 more developer resources.

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24.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
3 APIs
API GatewayEdge ServiceNetflixOpen Source

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 24.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

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

Netflix Zuul Gateway

Netflix Zuul is an L7 application gateway built on Netty that provides dynamic routing, load balancing, authentication, monitoring, and resiliency for edge services. Zuul 3.x is...

Netflix Zuul Filters API

The Zuul Filters API provides the core extension point for building custom logic into the Zuul gateway pipeline. Developers implement inbound, endpoint, and outbound filters usi...

Netflix Zuul Push Messaging

Zuul Push Messaging enables server-to-client push communications over WebSockets and Server Sent Events (SSE). It provides a PushConnectionRegistry for managing connected client...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Netflix Zuul Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Netflix Zuul Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Netflix Zuul Finops

FINOPS

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Issue Tracker
Issue Tracker
 StackOverflow
StackOverflow

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: netflix-zuul
name: Netflix Zuul
description: Netflix Zuul is an open-source L7 application gateway that provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency,
  and security for edge services. Originally developed by Netflix, Zuul 2 uses Netty for non-blocking I/O and is commonly
  used as an API gateway and edge service.
type: Index
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/netflix-zuul.png
tags:
- API Gateway
- Edge Service
- Netflix
- Open Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/netflix-zuul/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: netflix-zuul:netflix-zuul-gateway
  name: Netflix Zuul Gateway
  description: Netflix Zuul is an L7 application gateway built on Netty that provides dynamic routing, load balancing, authentication,
    monitoring, and resiliency for edge services. Zuul 3.x is the current release, supporting inbound, endpoint, and outbound
    filter pipelines for intercepting and modifying HTTP requests and responses at the edge.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Edge Service
  - Netty
  - Routing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki/Getting-Started-3.0
  - type: Reference
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki/How-it-Works-3.0
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/releases
  - type: Issue Tracker
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/issues
- aid: netflix-zuul:netflix-zuul-filters-api
  name: Netflix Zuul Filters API
  description: The Zuul Filters API provides the core extension point for building custom logic into the Zuul gateway pipeline.
    Developers implement inbound, endpoint, and outbound filters using synchronous or asynchronous base classes to handle
    authentication, routing, rate limiting, metrics, and response decoration.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki/Filters
  tags:
  - Extension
  - Filters
  - Middleware
  - Routing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki/Filters
  - type: Reference
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki/Writing-Filters
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul
- aid: netflix-zuul:netflix-zuul-push-messaging
  name: Netflix Zuul Push Messaging
  description: Zuul Push Messaging enables server-to-client push communications over WebSockets and Server Sent Events (SSE).
    It provides a PushConnectionRegistry for managing connected clients and supports distributed deployments using external
    datastores such as Redis, Cassandra, or DynamoDB for multi-node clusters.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki/Push-Messaging
  tags:
  - Push Messaging
  - Real Time
  - Server Sent Events
  - WebSocket
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki/Push-Messaging
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Netflix
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki/Getting-Started-3.0
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/releases
- type: Issue Tracker
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/issues
- type: Blog
  url: https://netflixtechblog.com/open-sourcing-zuul-2-82ea476cb2b3
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/netflix-zuul
- type: Integrations
  url: https://netflixtechblog.com/integrations
integrations:
- name: Doc Burford
- name: Natalie Armendariz
- name: Olivia Bussey
- name: Karla L. Miller
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com