How to Build Your Own Gloo Gateway
Replace Gloo Gateway with a custom build. Omni-Directional API Management
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 11 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 11 features
AI(1 features)
Agentgateway supports advanced features for integrating with LLM API providers, including credential management, prompt guardrails, RAG, semantic caching
Analytics(1 features)
Advanced API metrics and analytics to monitor API health and performance, measure business impact of API products, and monetize API consumption
Architecture(1 features)
Builds on open source and open standards with best-of-breed solutions for each stage of the API lifecycle
Core(1 features)
Supports inbound, service-to-service, and outbound API traffic with comprehensive API management in every direction
Deployment(1 features)
Delegated routing, failover, and discovery provide flexibility and scale for distributed deployment architectures
Developer Experience(1 features)
React-based developer portal ready to deploy out of the box with comprehensive Backstage integration for internal developer portals
Infrastructure(1 features)
Cloud-native API connectivity delivers cloud scale, performance, reliability, and flexibility built on Envoy Proxy
Kubernetes(1 features)
Full support for Kubernetes Gateway API for cloud-native API connectivity
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