# awesome-kong
**Repository Path**: mirrors_Tieske/awesome-kong
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: awesome-kong
- **Description**: :sunglasses: A curated list of awesome resources for Kong API Gateway
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-18
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-02
## Categories & Tags
**Categories**: Uncategorized
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## README
Awesome Kong
:sunglasses: A curated list of awesome resources for Kong API Gateway
**[Kong](https://konghq.com/)** is the world's most popular open source microservice API Gateway. Kong is powered by the battle-tested tech of NGINX and Cassandra with focus on scalability, high performance and reliability.
## Contents
* [Tools](#tools)
* [Distributions](#distributions)
* [GUI](#gui)
* [Configuration](#configuration)
* [Custom Plugins](#custom-plugins)
* [Auth Plugins](#auth-plugins)
* [Resources](#resources)
* [Articles](#articles)
* [Books](#books)
* [Videos](#videos)
* [Slides](#slides)
* [Blogs](#blogs)
* [Community](#community)
## Tools
### Distributions
- [Homebrew](https://github.com/Kong/homebrew-kong) - Homebrew Formula for Kong
- [Vagrant](https://github.com/Kong/kong-vagrant) - Vagrantfile for provisioning a development ready environment for Kong
- [Docker](https://github.com/Kong/docker-kong) - Docker distribution for Kong
- [Kubernetes](https://github.com/Kong/kong-dist-kubernetes) - Kubernetes managed Kong cluster
- [Kubernetes Ingress Controller](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller) - Use Kong for Kubernetes Ingress
- [AWS Cloudformation](https://github.com/Kong/kong-dist-cloudformation) - This CloudFormation template helps you model and set up Kong's resources in AWS easily
- [Heroku](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kong) - Deploy Kong Community Edition clusters to Heroku Common Runtime and Private Spaces using the Kong buildpack
### GUI
- [Konga](https://github.com/pantsel/konga) - More than just another GUI to Kong Admin API
- [Kong Dashboard](https://github.com/PGBI/kong-dashboard) - Dashboard for managing Kong gateway
### Configuration
- [Terraform Provider Kong](https://github.com/kevholditch/terraform-provider-kong) - The Kong Terraform Provider tested against real Kong
- [decK](https://github.com/hbagdi/deck) - CLI tool to configure Kong declaratively using a single config file **(Compatiable with Kong 1.x)**
- [Kongfig](https://github.com/mybuilder/kongfig) - Declarative configuration for Kong
- [Ansible Kong](https://github.com/wunzeco/ansible-kong) - Installs and Configures Kong with Ansible
## Custom Plugins
### Auth Plugins
- [Kong OpenID Connect](https://github.com/nokia/kong-oidc) - Plugin for Kong implementing the OpenID Connect Relying Party (RP) functionality
- [Kong External OAuth 2.0](https://github.com/mogui/kong-external-oauth) - Use an external OAuth 2.0 provider to protect your API
## Resources
### Articles
- [Experiences with the Kong API Gateway](https://blog.cloudboost.io/experiences-with-the-kong-api-gateway-2e2d786b4d00) by *[Grig Gheorghiu](https://github.com/griggheo)*
- [An Introduction to Kong](https://www.baeldung.com/kong) by *[Eugen](https://github.com/eugenp)*
### Books
- [Kong: Becoming a King of API Gateways](https://bleedingedgepress.com/product/kong-becoming-king-api-gateways/)
### Videos
- [Microservices Orchestration with Kong, Galileo & Gelato](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brsIQgafg-c) by *[Ahmad Nassri](https://github.com/ahmadnassri)*
- [API Gateway Pattern & Kong in a Microservices World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUUiS28hZuw) by *[Marco Palladino](https://github.com/subnetmarco)*
- [API & Microservices Management with Kong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6CeWL2qvl4) by *[Ahmad Nassri](https://github.com/ahmadnassri)*
### Slides
- [Introduction to Kong API Gateway](https://www.slideshare.net/spawnrider/introduction-to-kong-api-gateway) by *[Yohann Ciurlik](https://github.com/spawnrider)*
- [Microservices & API Gateways](https://www.slideshare.net/mashapeinc/microservices-api-gateways) by *[Marco Palladino](https://github.com/subnetmarco)*
- [Gatekeeper: API gateway](https://www.slideshare.net/ChengHuiWeng/gatekeeper-api-gateway) by *[ChengHui Weng](https://github.com/snowmantw)*
- [Developing a user-friendly OpenResty](https://www.slideshare.net/ThibaultCharbonnier/developing-a-userfriendly-openresty-application) by *[Thibault Charbonnier](https://github.com/thibaultcha)*
- [A Cassandra driver from and for the Lua community](https://www.slideshare.net/ThibaultCharbonnier/a-cassandra-driver-from-and-for-the-lua-community) by *[Thibault Charbonnier](https://github.com/thibaultcha)*
- [A Kong retrospective: from 0.10 to 0.13](https://www.slideshare.net/ThibaultCharbonnier/a-kong-retrospective-from-010-to-013) by *[Thibault Charbonnier](https://github.com/thibaultcha)*
### Blogs
- [Kong Blog](https://konghq.com/blog/)
### Community
- [Kong Nation](https://discuss.konghq.com/)
- [`#kong` on Freenode](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=kong)
- [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/kong)
- [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/topics/kong/all/)
- [Kong Community Calls](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1heIynPTVcHn13BXMJO0KiOr8bTmbhzVxJe5yajp4Xz4)
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## License
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