Lura
High-performance API Gateway.
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Still maintained? Yes: 8 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.0.1 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Kong Enterprise.
At a glance
Lura quick facts
- Health score
- 60/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 6,801
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.0.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Lura
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "An open framework to assemble ultra performance API Gateways with middlewares; formerly known as KrakenD framework, and core service of the KrakenD API Gateway."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Lura scores 60/100, #15 of 16 in Software Development - API Management: 8 commits in the last 90 days earn 9.3 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.0.1, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 6,801 stars add 15.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 25.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 9.3 / 35
8 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.0.1 released yesterday
- Stars 15.3 / 20
6.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 8
- Last 90 days
- 35
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #15 of 16 tools in Software Development - API Management by health , between Fusio (#14) and form.io (#16) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | v3.0.1 · yesterday |
| Stars | 6,801 |
| Open issues | 7 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | luraproject/lura ↗ |
Lura vs its top 5 alternatives
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Lura: common questions
What does Lura replace?
Repoly lists Lura as an open-source alternative to Kong Enterprise. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Lura stands against the others.
Is Lura still maintained?
Lura had 8 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v3.0.1, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.