Unkey

Open source · OSI-approvedStatus: unknownNew

Open source API key management with auth and rate limiting

Unkey is an open source developer platform for issuing, verifying, and revoking API keys with authentication, rate limiting, and usage-based billing.

Decisive facts

Issue, verify, and revoke API keys with under 40 ms global verification
Durable global rate limiting with per-key overrides
Usage-based billing and metering for monetized APIs
RBAC permissions and roles on keys and identities
Analytics dashboard, audit logs, and alerts
Self-hostable codebase plus a managed cloud option

Developer Tools Security & Identity api-keys analytics authentication rate-limiting authorization billing

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