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The API and AI Gateway

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

Data from GitHub API, refreshed Oct 17, 2026

Stars
44275
Forks
5237
License
Apache-2.0
Language
Lua
Last commit
Oct 14, 2026
Latest release
3.9.4
Release date
Oct 12, 2026
Contributors
453
Open issues
91
GitHub Project website

Works with — from README

MCP
MCP mentioned
Models
Bedrock, Gemini, Mistral, OpenAI

Source: README.md keyword match (stated in README)

kong FAQ

Is kong free?

kong is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Hosted services and infrastructure may have separate costs.

How popular is kong?

kong has 44275 GitHub stars as of Oct 17, 2026.

Is there a hosted version of kong?

A hosted alternative for kong is unknown (—) in this data.

What does kong work with?

From README: MCP mentioned, Bedrock, Gemini, Mistral, OpenAI.