Kong is an open-source cloud-native API gateway designed for API traffic management, security, and observability in a microservices architecture, helping to unify and channel entry traffic.
Kong can be deployed as Docker containers or via Kubernetes, and can also be installed directly on Linux; it is relatively easy to deploy and comes with a visual management UI.
Core features include API routing and proxying, load balancing, authentication, rate limiting, monitoring and logging, and extensibility through a rich plugin ecosystem.
Built on NGINX with an event-driven model, Kong delivers high throughput and low latency, and supports horizontal scaling to handle high-concurrency scenarios.
Yes, Kong has a rich plugin ecosystem supporting authentication, security, traffic control, and other plugins that can be executed in sequence via plugin chains.
Kong supports HTTP, HTTPS, gRPC, WebSockets, and other protocols suitable for modern distributed applications.
Visit the official docs at docs.konghq.com for English documentation; the community also provides partial Chinese translations and technical articles.
In addition to the open-source version, Kong, Inc. offers the Kong Konnect enterprise platform for unified API lifecycle management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
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