Apache APISIX
Open-source API gateway for routing, securing and managing traffic to APIs, microservices and LLM providers, built on NGINX and etcd.
apisix.apache.org/repositorydocsplugins
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.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- The Apache Software Foundation4
- Maintained by
- Foundation5
- First release
- 20198
- Headquarters
- United States5
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- docker compose7
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-28: links, Categories, Built on, Plugins
apisix.apache.org/ - 2026-10-28: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix - 2026-10-28: links
apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/getting-started/ - 2026-10-28: Maintainer
github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/NOTICE - 2026-10-28: Maintained by, Headquarters
www.apache.org/foundation/ - 2026-10-28: Runtime
apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/architecture-design/apisix/ - 2026-10-28: Install with
apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/installation-guide/ - 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release, First release
api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix/releases - 2026-10-28: License, License model
github.com/apache/apisix/blob/master/LICENSE - 2026-10-28: links
apisix.apache.org/plugins/ - 2026-10-28: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/apache/apisix/contributors