# KrakenD

Go API gateway that runs as a single binary, routes and aggregates requests to backend services, and is offered as an open source Community Edition and a commercial Enterprise Edition.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/krakend/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Listed since: 2026-10-29

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.krakend.io
- repository: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce
- docs: https://www.krakend.io/docs/
- x: https://twitter.com/krakend_io

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: KRAKEND, S.L.U.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: ES

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- 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: docker-image

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: Apache-2.0, Apache 2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2697
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 27
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.krakend.io (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://www.krakend.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainer: https://www.krakend.io/terms/ (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainerType: https://www.krakend.io/terms/ (read 2026-10-29)
- hqCountry: https://www.krakend.io/terms/ (read 2026-10-29)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce/releases/tag/0.4.0 (read 2026-10-29)
- category: https://www.krakend.io (read 2026-10-29)
- language: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce (read 2026-10-29)
- runtime: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce/releases (read 2026-10-29)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce/releases/tag/v3.0.2 (read 2026-10-29)
- license: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce (read 2026-10-29)
- license: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- runsAs: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce (read 2026-10-29)
- contributors: https://github.com/krakend/krakend-ce/graphs/contributors (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/installing/ (read 2026-10-29)

## Notes

KrakenD is an API gateway written in Go that routes and aggregates requests to backend services. The install guide describes it as a single binary that needs no external libraries, and names a Docker image, Homebrew, yum, dnf and apt packages, a tar.gz download and a build from source as ways to get it. Once started, the gateway runs as a service on the host it is installed on.

## Worth knowing

The repository holds the Community Edition, which is Apache-2.0 licensed. A commercial Enterprise Edition is offered beside it, and the project's open-source page lists audit logging, SSO/SAML, security fixes and a support SLA as its additions.

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