The best tyk alternatives

radar

skyhook-io/radar

The missing open-source Kubernetes UI with a built-in MCP server for AI agents. See what's broken, why, and what changed. Issues, Topology, event timeline, Helm, GitOps, live service traffic, and cluster audits - all in one Go binary.

Choose radar if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ai-agents or argocd

Shares k8s, kubernetes, mcp, model-context-protocol with tyk.

agentgateway

agentgateway/agentgateway

Next Generation Agentic Proxy for AI Agents and MCP servers

Choose agentgateway if…

• you would rather work in Rust than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need agents or gateway-api

Shares ai, ai-gateway, api-gateway, kubernetes with tyk.

bifrost

maximhq/bifrost

Fastest enterprise AI gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS.

Choose bifrost if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need gateway or gateway-services

Shares ai-gateway, llm, llm-gateway, mcp-gateway with tyk.

LocalAI

mudler/LocalAI

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Choose LocalAI if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (50.3k)
• you specifically need agents or audio-generation

Shares ai, api, llm, mcp with tyk.

kong

Kong/kong

🦍 The API and AI Gateway

Choose kong if…

• you would rather work in Lua than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (44.4k)
• you specifically need apis or artificial-intelligence

Shares ai, ai-gateway, api-gateway, api-management with tyk.

kratos

go-kratos/kratos

Your ultimate Go microservices framework for the cloud-native era.

Choose kratos if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (26.0k)
• you specifically need architecture or cloud-native

Shares ai, go, grpc, mcp with tyk.

go-micro

micro/go-micro

A Go agent harness and service framework

Choose go-micro if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (23.1k)
• you specifically need ai-agents or distributed-systems

Shares ai, go, mcp, microservices with tyk.

adk-go

google/adk-go

An open-source, code-first Go toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.

Choose adk-go if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need a2a or agents

Shares ai, go, llm, mcp with tyk.

gpt-load

tbphp/gpt-load

Self-hosted AI gateway for multi-channel, multi-credential setups — API keys and subscription accounts, scheduling, failover, request logs and usage. 自托管 AI 网关：多渠道多凭据统一接入，含密钥与订阅账号、调度容错、日志与用量。

Choose gpt-load if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you specifically need anthropic or claude

Shares ai-gateway, api-gateway, go, llm with tyk.

mcp-context-forge

IBM/mcp-context-forge

An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails and management. Optimizes Agent & Tool calling, and supports plugins.

Choose mcp-context-forge if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agents or asyncio

Shares ai, api-gateway, kubernetes, mcp with tyk.

dagu

dagucloud/dagu

Self-hostable workflow orchestrator for teams whose main work isn't orchestration. Declarative YAML over your scripts, SSH commands, containers, etc; keep workflows separate from business logic. One binary, no database, runs on limited H/W resources. Alternative to Airflow / Cron / Job Scheduler.

Choose dagu if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports GNU General Public License v3.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agentic-workflows or ai-agents

Shares llm, mcp, mcp-gateway with tyk.

mcp-toolbox

googleapis/mcp-toolbox

MCP Toolbox for Databases is an open source MCP server for databases.

Choose mcp-toolbox if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you want the more widely starred option (16.9k)
• you specifically need agent or agents

Shares ai, llm, mcp with tyk.