Gateway API Implementations¶
Requirements¶
For inclusion in this documentation, Gateway API implementations must meet the following criteria:
- Open Source: The implementation must be open source software
- Official Listing: Must be listed on the official Gateway API implementations page
Available Open Source Implementations¶
| Implementation | Status | Type | GitHub Stars | Contributors | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contour | ✅ | Envoy | 3.8k | 226 | CNCF Incubating Envoy-based ingress controller |
| Emissary-Ingress | 🔴 | Envoy | 4.5k | 215 | CNCF Incubating project (Alpha status) |
| Envoy Gateway | ✅ | Envoy | 2.1k | 251 | CNCF Graduated Envoy subproject |
| Istio | ✅ | Envoy | 37.3k | 1,147 | CNCF Graduated service mesh |
| kgateway | ✅ | Envoy | 4.9k | 219 | CNCF Sandbox AI-powered API Gateway (formerly Gloo) |
| Cilium | 🔴 | eBPF | 22.5k | 955+ | CNCF Graduated eBPF-based networking solution |
| Apache APISIX | 🔴 | Other | 15.7k | 480 | Apache Foundation API Gateway |
| Easegress | ✅ | Other | 5.9k | 65+ | CNCF Sandbox Cloud Native traffic orchestration |
| Flomesh Service Mesh | 🔴 | Other | 66 | 9+ | Community driven lightweight service mesh |
| HAProxy Ingress | ✅ | Other | 791 | 50+ | Community driven ingress controller |
| ingate | - | Other | 685 | Multiple | Kubernetes SIG Network reference implementation |
| Kuma | ✅ | Other | 3.9k | 114 | CNCF Sandbox service mesh |
| Linkerd | - | Other | 11.1k | 375+ | CNCF Graduated service mesh |
| LoxiLB | 🔴 | Other | 1.8k | 20+ | Open source load balancer |
| NGINX Gateway Fabric | ✅ | Other | 674 | 56 | Open source NGINX implementation |
| Traefik Proxy | ✅ | Other | 56.8k | 891 | Open source cloud-native application proxy |
| WSO2 APK | ✅ | Other | 166 | 30+ | Open source API management solution |
Status Legend: ✅ = GA (Generally Available) | 🔴 = Beta/Alpha/Experimental | - = Not specified
Notes:
- ingate is designed as a migration path from NGINX Ingress Controller to Gateway API
Deprecated/Legacy Implementations¶
- Acnodal EPIC Open Source External Gateway platform
- GitHub: epic-gateway/resource-model | ⭐ 0 | 👥 2 contributors
- Airlock Microgateway Open source WAAP solution
- GitHub: airlock/microgateway | ⭐ 18 | 👥 3-5 contributors
Commercial/Proprietary Implementations¶
The following commercial or proprietary Gateway API implementations are officially listed:
- LiteSpeed Ingress Controller Commercial web ADC controller with Gateway API support
- Tyk Gateway Cloud-native API Gateway working towards Gateway API implementation
Cloud Provider Implementations¶
Cloud providers offer managed Gateway API implementations:
Amazon Web Services (AWS)¶
- AWS Gateway API Controller Integrates with Amazon VPC Lattice for EKS clusters
Microsoft Azure¶
- Azure Application Gateway for Containers Managed application load balancing solution
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)¶
- GKE Gateway API Controller Integrates with Google Cloud Load Balancers
- Google Cloud Service Mesh Supports Envoy-based and Proxyless-GRPC mesh implementations