Kong

Microservice API Gateway and Platform.

Active Last commit · 3 releases in the past year · 32 commits in the past 12 months

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At a glance

GitHub stars
44.4k
Forks
5.2k
Open issues & PRs
230
Last commit
2026-10-19
Latest release
3.9.4
2026-10-12
Commits (12 mo)
32
Releases (12 mo)
3
License
Apache-2.0
Language / platform
Lua, Docker, K8S, deb

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 3 releases in the past year · 32 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from the GitHub API; release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Kong yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr1 GB$5Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →
DigitalOcean1 GB$6Deploy →

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