We track 3 open-source Kong Enterprise alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. Tyk leads on health at 96/100 with 65 commits in the last 90 days; across all 3 projects you are choosing between Apache-2.0, MPL-2.0.
Showing 3 of 3 tools
Top pick · highest health
Fast and scalable open source API Gateway. Out of the box, Tyk offers an API Management Platform with an API Gateway, API Analytics, Developer Portal and API Management Dashboard.
★ 11k · ⟳ today · v5.14.0 · MPL-2.0
Microservice API Gateway and Platform.
★ 44k · ⟳ 7 days ago · 3.9.3 · Apache-2.0
High-performance API Gateway.
★ 6.8k · ⟳ 12 days ago · v2.13.0 · Apache-2.0
Tyk scores highest at 96/100, with 65 commits in the last 90 days, 11k GitHub stars and its latest release (v5.14.0) published 2 months ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
3 of 3 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Tyk (MPL-2.0), Kong (Apache-2.0), Lura (Apache-2.0). 0 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
2 of 3 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Tyk, Kong. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.