Projects sharing features with Express Gateway

This project is a high-performance, distributed API gateway designed to manage, secure, and observe traffic for microservices, serverless functions, and artificial intelligence model providers. It functions as a dynamic service proxy and cloud-native ingress controller, centralizing policy enforcement and traffic routing through a unified configuration interface that synchronizes state across multiple nodes in real time. The platform distinguishes itself through a highly extensible architecture that utilizes a high-performance scripting engine to execute modular logic directly within the requ

This project is an HTTP reverse proxy toolkit and programmable proxy engine designed for building high-performance network gateways. It functions as an HTTP request pipeline framework that allows for the interception and modification of network requests and responses. The system provides an extensible core for developing specialized proxy applications, offering programmatic control over routing and traffic behavior. It enables the creation of custom reverse proxies through a flexible pipeline used to handle specialized request and response logic. The toolkit covers network traffic management

This project is an API gateway and ingress controller designed to manage traffic, security, and service connectivity within Kubernetes environments. It operates as a controller that monitors cluster state to reconcile gateway configurations with desired infrastructure definitions, ensuring that network policies and routing rules remain consistent across distributed deployments. The system distinguishes itself through a modular request pipeline that allows for the injection of custom logic to handle transformations, security checks, and logging. It supports declarative infrastructure managemen

Tyk is an open-source API gateway written in Go that routes, secures, and monitors network traffic across REST, GraphQL, TCP, and gRPC protocols. It functions as a multi-protocol proxy designed to deliver requests to backend services while managing the end-to-end API lifecycle. The system distinguishes itself through a plugin-based architecture that allows for the injection of custom logic into the request and response middleware chain. It also features native Kubernetes integration, operating as an ingress controller that uses operators and custom resource definitions to deploy security poli

This project is a comprehensive sample library and implementation guide for ASP.NET Core. It provides a collection of practical examples and projects that demonstrate how to build web applications, RESTful APIs, and high-performance services. The repository focuses on a variety of architectural patterns, including the development of Minimal APIs, contract-first gRPC services, and real-time communication using WebSockets and Server-Sent Events. It includes detailed implementations for user identity and security, such as token-based authentication and CSRF protection. The codebase covers a bro

Varnish Cache is an HTTP reverse proxy cache, traffic manager, and edge content delivery tool. It functions as an HTTP accelerator that stores responses in memory to reduce backend load and improve delivery speed. The system also serves as a TLS termination proxy and a configuration engine using a compiled language to define request handling and caching logic. The project is distinguished by its compiled configuration language, which transforms specialized domain logic into machine code to execute request processing at line rate. It provides high-performance memory-centric storage and special

Higress is an AI API gateway and cloud-native traffic manager that functions as a Kubernetes ingress controller. It provides a centralized system for routing, securing, and optimizing traffic directed toward large language models, AI agents, and microservice architectures. The project distinguishes itself through deep AI orchestration, including the ability to host and manage Model Context Protocol servers that transform REST APIs into tools for AI agents. It features specialized AI infrastructure for model request proxying, protocol translation across multiple providers, and semantic-based c

Yoga is a GraphQL server framework and runtime-agnostic HTTP handler used to build and deploy GraphQL APIs. It functions as a toolkit for managing schemas and resolvers, providing a spec-compliant environment for hosting APIs across diverse JavaScript runtimes, including Node.js, Deno, Bun, and serverless cloud environments. The project distinguishes itself through its ability to act as an Apollo Federation gateway, composing multiple subgraphs into a single unified supergraph. It also serves as a dedicated subscription server, delivering real-time data streaming via both WebSockets and Serve

Pangolin is a zero-trust remote access platform designed to provide secure, identity-aware connectivity to private network resources. It functions as a cloud-native network controller that orchestrates encrypted tunnels, traffic routing, and access policies across distributed environments. By leveraging WireGuard for secure data transport, the platform enables authenticated access to internal web applications, terminal sessions, and remote desktops without exposing services to the public internet. The platform distinguishes itself through a declarative infrastructure model that synchronizes n

Gofr is a comprehensive framework for building production-ready microservices in Go. It provides a unified toolkit for developing RESTful APIs and gRPC services, offering built-in support for observability, database management, and distributed system communication. The framework distinguishes itself through its focus on developer productivity and system resilience. It automates common backend tasks such as CRUD handler generation, schema-driven code creation, and database migration orchestration, while preventing race conditions in clustered environments. To maintain stability, it includes in

The AWS Cloud Development Kit is an infrastructure-as-code framework that enables developers to define and provision cloud resources using familiar programming languages. By utilizing construct-based synthesis, it translates high-level, object-oriented code into declarative templates, allowing for the automated management of complex cloud environments through a centralized, code-driven control plane. The framework distinguishes itself through its ability to model infrastructure as a dependency-aware resource graph, ensuring that components are provisioned and updated in the correct order. It

Spring Cloud Gateway is an API gateway and routing service built on Spring Boot. It acts as a central entry point for microservices, directing incoming HTTP traffic to downstream services using a combination of predicates and filters. The project is a non-blocking request router that leverages Netty and Project Reactor to handle high-concurrency traffic via asynchronous data streams. It functions as a dynamic request router and network traffic filter, allowing for the automated detection of and routing to available service instances in dynamic network environments. The gateway manages micros

This project is a Node.js HTTP reverse proxy middleware designed to route incoming HTTP and WebSocket traffic to target backend services. It functions as a dynamic routing engine and API gateway tool, providing the capability to consolidate multiple backend services behind a single entry point. The middleware features a WebSocket proxy bridge that manages protocol upgrade handshakes to maintain persistent bidirectional communication. It also includes a request and response transformer used to intercept and modify headers, bodies, and URL paths during transit. The system provides broad traffi

This project is a Java microservices reference implementation that demonstrates the application of structural design patterns for distributed systems. It consists of a suite of containerized services and infrastructure dependencies designed to showcase how to coordinate multiple independent services into a functional system. The implementation focuses on several advanced architectural patterns, including a centralized API gateway for routing and aggregating responses, Command Query Responsibility Segregation to separate read and write operations, and event sourcing to persist the state of bus

Tengine is an enhanced Nginx web server distribution designed for high-traffic environments. It functions as a high-performance reverse proxy, dynamic load balancer, and HTTP/3 proxy server, integrating an embedded Lua scripting engine to allow for custom business logic and dynamic request processing. The project distinguishes itself through a focus on modern transport protocols and efficiency, featuring native support for QUIC and HTTP/3 to reduce connection latency. It implements userspace UDP forwarding to bypass the kernel for higher throughput and provides the ability to dynamically upda

Yarp is a .NET HTTP reverse proxy toolkit and framework used to build applications that route network traffic to backend servers. It provides a customizable routing engine for directing incoming requests to specific destination targets based on defined matching patterns. The project enables the implementation of API gateways and reverse proxies by providing tools for dynamic request routing and custom load balancing across pools of backend servers. The toolkit covers traffic management capabilities including cluster-based load balancing, configuration-driven route matching, and support for H

Pingora is a Rust-based framework for building high-performance network services, including HTTP reverse proxies, layer seven load balancers, and TLS termination proxies. It serves as an asynchronous network library designed to intercept and route HTTP, gRPC, and WebSocket traffic between clients and upstream backend servers. The project enables zero-downtime service updates by handing over listening sockets between processes during binary or configuration upgrades. It utilizes a programmable multi-phase pipeline to modify request and response bodies and headers, and it provides a pluggable T

Fabio is a network gateway that provides reverse proxying, layer 7 traffic management, and automated service discovery mapping. It functions as an HTTP reverse proxy, a gRPC and TCP proxy, and a service discovery gateway to route incoming traffic to healthy backend instances. The project distinguishes itself through deep integration with service registries, specifically acting as a Consul load balancer to automatically synchronize routing tables and update destination targets. It manages diverse traffic types using SNI-based routing for raw TCP streams and maintains full protocol compatibilit

This project is a boilerplate for building RESTful web services using Node.js, Express, and Mongoose. It provides a structured foundation for developing backend applications, incorporating schema-driven data modeling to manage database interactions and a middleware-based pipeline to handle request processing and validation. The framework distinguishes itself by integrating token-based stateless authentication to secure API endpoints and manage user identity. It includes built-in support for containerization, allowing the application to be packaged into portable images for consistent deploymen

Higress is an AI-native and cloud-native API gateway that routes, secures, and optimizes traffic between clients and large language model services. It functions as a centralized entry point for microservices, serving as both a Kubernetes ingress controller and an AI gateway orchestrator. The project distinguishes itself by managing traffic across multiple AI providers using a unified protocol, incorporating token-aware rate limiting and response caching to optimize model inference. It coordinates communication between AI models and external tools to provide real-time context and data, while a

Sozu is a high-performance, memory-safe reverse proxy and load balancer built in Rust. It is designed to manage HTTP, TCP, and UDP traffic through a multi-process architecture that leverages isolated worker processes to ensure fault tolerance and efficient resource utilization across multi-core hardware. The project distinguishes itself through a focus on continuous availability and dynamic control. It features a unique binary hot-reloading mechanism and a Unix-socket-based control plane, allowing administrators to update proxy configurations, modify listener settings, and even replace the pr

This project is a reference implementation of microservices architectures using the Spring Cloud ecosystem. It provides a set of example services that demonstrate the construction of distributed systems through automated service discovery, dynamic routing, and shared configuration. The implementation covers core distributed patterns, including a service discovery system for tracking network components and an API gateway for orchestrating incoming traffic. It features a centralized configuration manager to propagate application settings across multiple instances and a distributed tracing syste

Runtipi is a home server dashboard and orchestration tool designed for deploying and managing containerized applications. It provides a web-based interface for discovering and installing software from a curated app store, utilizing a Docker Compose orchestrator to handle the deployment of self-hosted services. The system integrates a reverse proxy and SSL manager to route external traffic to internal containers, automating HTTPS certificate renewal and domain assignment. It also features a built-in backup and update manager that uses cron-based scheduling to perform automatic security patchin

BunkerWeb is a containerized suite of infrastructure tools that functions as a cloud-native web application firewall and Nginx reverse proxy. It provides a security layer for web applications, combining traffic routing with automated SSL certificate management and a web-based security dashboard for monitoring and configuration. The project distinguishes itself through its deep integration with container orchestrators, serving as a Kubernetes ingress controller that automates security settings and service discovery via container labels. It features a plugin-based extension model and a manageme

Traefik is a cloud-native load balancer and dynamic reverse proxy designed for microservices traffic routing. It automatically discovers services and generates network routes by listening to infrastructure changes in orchestrators and service registries. The project distinguishes itself through auto-configuring service routing, which eliminates manual configuration by updating routing rules in real time as infrastructure scales. It also provides automated SSL certificate management, utilizing ACME-based automation to request and renew certificates from remote authorities. Additional capabili

This project is a collection of Go packages and a programmatic interface for interacting with Google services and Google Cloud resources via REST APIs. It functions as a client library and SDK that transforms raw HTTP requests into structured Go function calls. The library utilizes discovery-based client generation to create type-safe clients from API discovery documents. It separates the acquisition of authorization tokens from the request logic through a token-source based authentication model. The project covers identity management and authentication via OAuth 2.0, service accounts, and A

ServiceStack is a high-performance .NET web framework designed for building type-safe APIs using strongly-typed request and response objects. It functions as a message-based API engine that decouples business logic from the transport layer, allowing services to be exposed via multiple protocols including HTTP, gRPC, and various message queue providers. The framework is distinguished by its type-safe API generator, which produces native client SDKs and data transfer objects from service metadata across multiple languages. It also includes a distributed service gateway for microservices orchest