# Apache ShenYu

Java-native API gateway for HTTP, Dubbo, gRPC and WebSocket services, with plugins for authentication, traffic control and observability.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/shenyu/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://shenyu.apache.org
- repository: https://github.com/apache/shenyu
- docs: https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/

### Identity

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

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: jvm 17
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mysql, postgres, oracle
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: binary package (bootstrap tar.gz)

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8908
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 386
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://shenyu.apache.org (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/apache/shenyu (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://shenyu.apache.org (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/apache/shenyu/tree/1.0.2 (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://shenyu.apache.org (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://github.com/apache/shenyu (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://github.com/apache/shenyu/blob/v2.7.1/pom.xml (read 2026-10-30)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/apache/shenyu/blob/v2.7.1/pom.xml (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/deployment/deployment-quick/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/deployment/deployment-docker/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/deployment/deployment-docker-compose/ (read 2026-10-30)
- adminUi: https://shenyu.apache.org (read 2026-10-30)
- databases: https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/deployment/deployment-docker/ (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/apache/shenyu (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/apache/shenyu (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/apache/shenyu/releases/tag/v2.7.1 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/apache/shenyu/releases/tag/v2.7.1 (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/apache/shenyu (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/apache/shenyu/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

Apache ShenYu is an API gateway written in Java and published by The Apache Software Foundation. The gateway ships as a bootstrap distribution, and a separate ShenYu Admin console manages its plugins, selectors and routing rules. The [deployment guide](https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/deployment/deployment-docker/) describes running the bootstrap and the admin console as Docker containers, and the [binary guide](https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/deployment/deployment-quick/) describes running the bootstrap from its tarball.

The admin console keeps its data in an external database, which the deployment guide sets up for MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle. The [docker-compose guide](https://shenyu.apache.org/docs/deployment/deployment-docker-compose/) starts a deployment from a compose file.

## Worth knowing

The gateway runs on Java 17 or later. The admin console and the gateway are published as separate distributions.

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