# Apache APISIX

Open-source API gateway for routing, securing and managing traffic to APIs, microservices and LLM providers, built on NGINX and etcd.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/apisix/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://apisix.apache.org/
- repository: https://github.com/apache/apisix
- docs: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/getting-started/
- plugins: https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/
- x: https://twitter.com/ApacheAPISIX

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The Apache Software Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2019
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: lua
- language: other
- runtime: lua
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: nginx

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: docker compose

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 17262
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 411
- pluginCount: 100
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://apisix.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/NOTICE (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.apache.org/foundation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.apache.org/foundation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://apisix.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- basedOn: https://apisix.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/architecture-design/apisix/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/installation-guide/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/installation-guide/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/installation-guide/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/installation-guide/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/installation-guide/ (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/ (read 2026-10-28)
- pluginCount: https://apisix.apache.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Apache APISIX is an API gateway that the Apache Software Foundation publishes as a top-level project. Its architecture page says it is built on NGINX and ngx_lua, with LuaJIT for request-time logic, and etcd is the configuration store in the modes that use one. The installation guide covers Docker Compose, a Helm chart, RPM and DEB packages, and source builds. The official Docker image is apache/apisix, and the project lists more than 100 open-source plugins.

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