Tyk

tyk.io

The only truly independent API management platform and open source AI governance control plane.

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/ About /

Tyk is an open-source API management platform that includes an API gateway, analytics, developer portal, and dashboard. It supports flexible deployment across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, Kubernetes, and air-gapped environments with no vendor lock-in. It also serves as an AI governance control plane, enabling policy-based control over MCP servers and AI agent tool access.

/ How it works /

Tyk provides an open-source gateway and a unified control plane that enforces policies across REST, GraphQL, and AI/MCP APIs on any infrastructure without proprietary runtimes.

/ Who it's for /

Enterprise engineering and platform teams needing flexible, self-managed API governance

/ More info /

Background.

Status
launched
Business model
freemium
Company
Tyk Technologies
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