kong

Repository facts

Stars

44,280

Forks

5,238

Open issues and pull requests

222

Primary language

Lua

License

Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)

Owner

Kong · Organization

Created

Nov 17, 2014

Last push

Oct 14, 2026

Topics

• ai
• ai-gateway
• api-gateway
• api-management
• apis
• artificial-intelligence
• cloud-native
• devops
• kubernetes
• kubernetes-ingress
• kubernetes-ingress-controller
• llm-gateway
• llm-ops
• mcp
• mcp-gateway
• microservice
• microservices
• openai-proxy
• reverse-proxy
• serverless

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