# Tyk Gateway

Open source API and AI gateway written in Go that supports REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP traffic.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://tyk.io
- repository: https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk
- docs: https://tyk.io/docs/tyk-open-source
- pricing: https://tyk.io/pricing/
- x: https://twitter.com/tyk_io
- forum: https://community.tyk.io
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TykAPIM
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tyk.API.Management/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyk.api.experience/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Tyk Technologies Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: GB

### 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: MPL-2.0, commercial license (ee folder)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 10870
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 116
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://tyk.io/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/TykTechnologies/tyk (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://tyk.io/pricing/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://tyk.io/terms-conditions/ (read 2026-10-30)
- hqCountry: https://tyk.io/about-us/ (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/TykTechnologies/tyk (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://tyk.io/docs/apim/open-source/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://tyk.io/docs/deployment-and-operations/tyk-open-source-api-gateway/quick-start (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://tyk.io/docs/apim/open-source/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://tyk.io/docs/apim/open-source/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://tyk.io/docs/apim/open-source/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://tyk.io/docs/apim/open-source/installation (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/TykTechnologies/tyk/releases/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TykTechnologies/tyk/master/ee/LICENSE-EE.md (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/TykTechnologies/tyk (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/TykTechnologies/tyk/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

Tyk Gateway is an open source API and AI gateway written in Go. The README lists REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP among the protocols it supports. The [quick start](https://tyk.io/docs/deployment-and-operations/tyk-open-source-api-gateway/quick-start) runs it in Docker. The install guide also covers a Helm chart for Kubernetes, an Ansible role, and packages for Ubuntu and for Red Hat or CentOS, and the packages start the gateway as a service. Tyk Technologies Ltd maintains it.

## Worth knowing

The gateway is dual-licensed. Code outside the ee folder is under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and the ee folder is under a commercial license. The dashboard, developer portal, operator and multi data center bridge are paid components, and the README describes Tyk Self-Managed as the enterprise platform. Tyk Cloud is the hosted option. The open source gateway needs Redis.

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