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Tyk API Gateway

Tyk Gateway is the cloud-native, open source, enterprise-ready API and AI Gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP (Model Context Protocol).

Built from the ground up, as the fastest API Gateway on the planet since 2014.

Tyk Gateway is provided ‘Batteries-included’, with no feature lockout. Enabling your organization to rate limit, auth, gather analytics, apply microservice patterns and more with ease.

There are three different ways you can try Tyk:

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Getting Started

Tyk Cloud is the easiest way to set up Tyk. Tyk hosts and manages the full stack for you, so you do not install anything. You can sign up for a free trial of Tyk Cloud and get started in minutes. If not, you can follow the instructions below to get started with Tyk on your own infrastructure.

Run the open source Tyk Gateway with Docker in under 2 minutes. You need Docker and Docker Compose.

Follow the Tyk Open Source Gateway quick start. It shows you how to:

1. Create a Gateway configuration file (tyk.conf).
2. On Linux, create an apps folder where the Gateway saves your APIs.
3. Create a Docker Compose file that runs Tyk Gateway and Redis.
4. Start the Gateway with docker compose up -d.

Confirm that the Gateway runs. Send a request to the hello endpoint:

curl localhost:8080/hello

Output:

{"status":"pass","version":"5.x.x","description":"Tyk GW"}

Next, create your first API with the Tyk Gateway API.

Try full API Management Lifecycle

To evaluate the enterprise API management platform on your infrastructure, use Tyk Install. It runs Tyk Gateway, Tyk Dashboard, the Developer Portal, Tyk Pump, Redis and PostgreSQL with Docker Compose, and preloads sample APIs and policies. You need a licence. To get one, request a Tyk Self-Managed trial.

git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-install
cd tyk-install/docker/self-managed
cp .env.example .env   # add your licence keys to .env
cd ../getting-started
bash start.sh

For the full steps, see the Tyk Self-Managed quick start.

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Other Installations are available: