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Kgateway

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Advanced Kubernetes-native API gateway and cloud networking solution

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About Kgateway

Kgateway is an open source, Envoy-based API gateway designed specifically for Kubernetes environments, implementing the Kubernetes Gateway API to provide scalable, standards-based ingress and traffic management. It serves enterprises requiring robust control over microservices traffic, API security, and multi-cloud connectivity. Kgateway enables centralized authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and traffic routing, supporting complex deployments from lightweight microgateways to large-scale, parallel gateways handling billions of API calls.

Built initially as Gloo and evolved since 2018, Kgateway is trusted by major enterprises for secure, resilient, and performant API traffic management. It supports advanced use cases including network encryption, web application firewall integration, failure simulation for resilience testing, and AI workload governance through its related project agentgateway. Kgateway’s open source foundation and adherence to open standards make it suitable for organizations seeking vendor-neutral, extensible cloud networking and API gateway solutions.

Key Capabilities

  • ✓Kubernetes Gateway API-native ingress controller
  • ✓Centralized API authentication and authorization
  • ✓Advanced traffic routing and rate limiting
  • ✓Envoy proxy-based scalable data plane
  • ✓AI workload security and governance

Integrations

GitHubSlackKubernetes

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Quick Facts

kgateway.dev
CategoryCloud Infrastructure
SubcategoryCloud Networking & CDN
PricingOpen Source
Founded2018
DeploymentOpen Source, Cloud
Target SizeEnterprise