Tyk
tyk.ioThe only truly independent API management platform and open source AI governance control plane.
Dev Toolsapi-gatewayapi-managementopen-sourceai-governancekubernetesself-hostedmcp
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.
Problem
Organizations face vendor lock-in, data residency constraints, and lack of governance controls for AI agents when using proprietary API management platforms.
For
Enterprise engineering and platform teams needing flexible, self-managed API governance
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.
Business model
freemium
Status
launched
Company
Tyk Technologies