# Emissary-ingress

Kubernetes-native API gateway and Layer 7 load balancer built on the Envoy Proxy, configured through Kubernetes resources.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://emissary-ingress.dev
- repository: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary
- docs: https://emissary-ingress.dev/docs/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Emissary-ingress Authors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend, web-server
- hosting: unknown
- language: python
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: helm-chart

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4522
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 196
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://emissary-ingress.dev/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://emissary-ingress.dev/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://emissary-ingress.dev/docs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://emissary-ingress.dev/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/emissary-ingress/emissary/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/emissary-ingress/emissary (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/emissary-ingress/emissary/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/emissary-ingress/emissary/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://emissary-ingress.dev/docs/4.0/topics/install/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://emissary-ingress.dev/docs/4.0/topics/install/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://emissary-ingress.dev/docs/4.0/topics/install/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://emissary-ingress.dev/docs/4.0/about/features-and-benefits/ (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/emissary-ingress/emissary (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/emissary-ingress/emissary/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Emissary-ingress is a Kubernetes-native API gateway and Layer 7 load balancer built on the Envoy Proxy. It runs as Kubernetes deployments, and the [features page](https://emissary-ingress.dev/docs/4.0/about/features-and-benefits/) says scaling it means changing the replicas in that deployment. The [install guide](https://emissary-ingress.dev/docs/4.0/topics/install/) recommends Helm and also describes plain Kubernetes YAML. It offers a Docker image for trying the gateway locally.

## Worth knowing

The project's README says the original parent company has stepped back from direct involvement, and that the community now carries the project. It is a CNCF Incubating project.

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