GStars
    TykTechnologies

    TykTechnologies/tyk

    Open Source API and AI Gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP (Model Context Protocol)

    api
    kubernetes
    networking
    ai
    ai-gateway
    api-gateway
    api-management
    cloudnative
    Go
    NOASSERTION
    10.9K stars
    1.2K forks
    10.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 1, 2026
    View on GitHub

    Build with Backblaze B2

    SDKs, agent skills, IDE extensions, and reference pipelines from Backblaze Labs. All open source.

    Explore Backblaze Labs

    Loading star history...

    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 116 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 21% more stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a cloud-native, open source API gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC, and MCP protocols for managing and securing APIs.
    • Delivers ultra-low latency and high throughput with built-in features like authentication, rate limiting, analytics, and protocol mediation without feature lockout.
    • Use for securing and managing microservices APIs in Kubernetes environments with native operator support for declarative configuration.
    • Use for transforming and mediating API traffic between different protocols such as converting SOAP to GraphQL or handling gRPC alongside REST.
    • Use for implementing granular access control and rate limiting policies to protect APIs from abuse and ensure compliance with security standards.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    Other

    GitHub could not identify this license; read the LICENSE file before depending on it.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

    • License not identified by GitHub; read the LICENSE file before depending on it.

    General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score

    From the README

    Tyk Gateway is the cloud-native, open source, enterprise-ready API Gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP and gRPC protocols.

    Built from the ground up, as the fastest API Gateway on the planet since 2014.

    Tyk Gateway is provided ‘Batteries-included’, with no feature lockout. Enabling your organization to rate limit, auth, gather analytics, apply microservice patterns and more with ease.

    Tyk runs natively on Kubernetes, if you prefer, thanks to the Tyk Kubernetes Operator

    We’ll install Tyk, add auth, analytics, quotas and rate limiting to your API in under 5 minutes.

    We recommend Tyk Gateway Docker as the quickest way to get started now. Later, you can move to one of our other supported distributions if you prefer.

    Excerpt from the TykTechnologies/tyk README on GitHub (NOASSERTION license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Forks

    1.2K+6

    Open issues

    521+41

    Compared with peers in API

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth

    View category →
    TykTechnologies/tyk compared with API repositories by stars, 7-day star growth, health score and last release
    RepositoryStars+7dHealthLast release
    anthropics/claude-quickstarts20.5K+73375—
    vxcontrol/pentagi33.9K+7197536 days ago
    N4darae/shrt2.6K+5298—
    agentgateway/agentgateway6.1K+1877514 days ago
    TykTechnologies/tyk10.9K—602 days ago
    BenedictKing/ccx4.0K—32117 days ago
    Category median6.1K+62475—
    Compare tyk with claude-quickstarts, pentagi, shrt →

    Discover Repositories

    Search across tracked repositories by name or description