Unkey

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What it does

Open-source API key management, issue, verify, and rate-limit keys without building auth infrastructure yourself.

Detailed overview

Unkey is open-source API authentication, issue and verify API keys, enforce per-key rate limits and permissions, and track usage, all from a fast global API instead of rolling your own. Every API product eventually rebuilds the same key-management and rate-limiting plumbing badly; Unkey makes that a solved, observable layer, which makes it a strong fit for API-first startups, platform teams, and developers monetizing an API. It's actively developed and open-source, a current homepage and docs, a public GitHub repo with frequent releases, and a managed cloud plus self-hosting option.

Key features

• API key issuance and verification
• Per-key rate limiting
• Usage analytics
• Granular permissions

Who it's for

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