Alternatives

Kgateway alternatives for AI agents.

Compare similar skills by workflow fit, trust score, quality, GitHub adoption, maintenance, and install readiness.

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Kgateway

The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway

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#1

Tyk

Similarity 137Trust 84Excellent 96

Tyk Open Source API Gateway written in Go, supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP and gRPC protocols

11K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add TykTechnologies/tyk
#2

Apisix

Similarity 133Trust 86Excellent 100

The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway

17K starsAug 24, 2026 pushdevopsLuaKubernetes
$ npx skills add apache/apisix
#3

Istio

Similarity 132Trust 85Excellent 100

Connect, secure, control, and observe services.

38K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add istio/istio
#4

Talos

Similarity 130Trust 86Excellent 100

Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

11K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add siderolabs/talos
#5

Harbor

Similarity 124Trust 88Excellent 100

An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content.

29K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add goharbor/harbor
#6

Microservices Demo

Similarity 124Trust 89Excellent 100

Sample cloud-first application with 10 microservices showcasing Kubernetes, Istio, and gRPC.

20K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo
#7

Consul

Similarity 124Trust 84Excellent 100

Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.

30K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add hashicorp/consul
#8

Linkerd2

Similarity 123Trust 88Excellent 100

Ultralight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes. Main repo for Linkerd 2.x.

11K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add linkerd/linkerd2
#9

Rook

Similarity 123Trust 86Excellent 100

Storage Orchestration for Kubernetes

14K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add rook/rook
#10

Vcluster

Similarity 123Trust 88Excellent 100

vCluster - Create fully functional virtual Kubernetes clusters - Each vcluster runs inside a namespace of the underlying k8s cluster. It's cheaper than creating separate full-blown clusters and it offers better multi-tenancy and isolation than regular namespaces.

11K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add loft-sh/vcluster
#11

Crossplane

Similarity 123Trust 87Excellent 100

The Cloud Native Control Plane

12K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add crossplane/crossplane
#12

Spicedb

Similarity 122Trust 89Excellent 100

Open Source, Google Zanzibar-inspired database for scalably storing and querying fine-grained authorization data

7.1K starsSep 24, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add authzed/spicedb
#13

Fission

Similarity 122Trust 86Excellent 99

Fast and Simple Serverless Functions for Kubernetes

8.9K starsJul 17, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add fission/fission
#14

Permify

Similarity 122Trust 87Excellent 100

An open-source authorization as a service inspired by Google Zanzibar, designed to build and manage fine-grained and scalable authorization systems for any application. โ€” Permify is now part of FusionAuth ๐ŸŽ‰

5.9K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add Permify/permify
#15

Quarkus

Similarity 117Trust 87Excellent 100

Quarkus: Supersonic Subatomic Java.

16K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsJavaKubernetes
$ npx skills add quarkusio/quarkus
#16

WasmEdge

Similarity 117Trust 89Excellent 100

WasmEdge is a lightweight, high-performance, and extensible WebAssembly runtime for cloud native, edge, and decentralized applications. It powers serverless apps, embedded functions, microservices, smart contracts, and IoT devices.

11K starsJul 22, 2026 pushdevopsC++Kubernetes
$ npx skills add WasmEdge/WasmEdge

How to choose

When should you switch?

Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Kgateway if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.

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