Apache APISIX

Apache APISIX is an open-source, cloud-native API Gateway and AI Gateway designed for managing microservices and AI workloads. It provides comprehensive traffic management features such as load balancing, dynamic upstream, canary release, circuit breaking, authentication, and observability. Built on NGINX and etcd, APISIX offers dynamic routing and hot-loading plugins, enabling continuous configuration updates without restarts, which saves development time and reduces operational stress. This platform is ideal for organizations building large-scale, high-value systems that require ultimate performance, security, and scalability for their APIs and microservices. It caters to developers and operations teams looking for a flexible, platform-agnostic solution that can run from bare-metal to Kubernetes, supporting various protocols like HTTP, gRPC, WebSockets, and Dubbo. With nearly 100 open-source plugins, APISIX helps users focus on designing world-class systems rather than fighting bugs. Key benefits include exceptional performance with low latency, robust security features like JWT and OIDC authentication, and high scalability with custom plugin and load balancing capabilities. Its fully dynamic nature, multi-platform and multi-protocol support, and open-source, community-driven development ensure it remains a future-ready solution for modern API management and AI integration.