11 articles tagués avec « Open Source »

STOA runs 9 parallel security jobs on every pull request — secret scanning, SAST for three languages, dependency audits, container scanning, license compliance, SBOM generation, and commit signature verification. This article breaks down each job, explains what it catches, and shows you how to adopt the same approach in your own projects. This is part of our open-source API gateway philosophy: security scanning should be built into CI, not bolted on after a breach.

Proxy throughput benchmarks tell you how fast a gateway can forward HTTP requests. They tell you nothing about whether that gateway can serve AI agents, enforce guardrails on tool calls, or govern autonomous sessions. We built a new benchmark that measures what actually matters.

In 2024, HashiCorp switched Terraform from MPL to BSL. In 2023, Redis moved from BSD to SSPL. Elastic, MongoDB, CockroachDB — all followed the same playbook: build community with open source, then change the license when the business needs it.

We understand why they did it. We chose a different path anyway.

STOA Platform is licensed under Apache 2.0 — one of the most permissive open-source licenses that exists. No source-available tricks. No "open core" where the useful features are paywalled. No license change planned for when we hit a revenue target.

Here's why — and why this matters for every developer choosing an open-source API gateway today.

A single developer shipping 72 story points per day across 7 components, 22 PRs per week, with zero regressions on main. This is not a theoretical exercise — it is the measured output of STOA Platform's AI Factory during Cycle 7 (February 9-15, 2026). This article explains the architecture, the coordination protocols, and the hard lessons that make it work.

If you are building an MCP gateway or any complex open-source platform, the patterns described here are directly reusable. They are not tied to STOA — we extracted them into a reusable pattern library (HEGEMON) that any project can adopt.

STOA Gateway adds less than 2 microseconds of total overhead per request with API key auth and rate limiting enabled. Every benchmark is reproducible with published scripts, and our Gateway Arena runs comparative tests every 30 minutes on identical infrastructure.

This post shares our benchmarking approach, key results, and how you can reproduce everything yourself.

Migrating from Axway API Gateway to an open-source alternative is a structured process that can be completed in 4-6 months using a phased, zero-downtime approach. This guide provides a feature mapping, migration roadmap, and practical advice for enterprise teams evaluating their options.

WSO2 API Manager is an established open-source API management platform used by enterprises worldwide. As the API management landscape evolves — with AI agent protocols, Kubernetes-native architectures, and stricter European regulations — some teams are evaluating alternatives that better align with their current requirements. This guide provides a feature comparison, migration approach, and practical guidance.

If you are evaluating an Apigee alternative, you are not alone. Since Google absorbed Apigee into its cloud platform, a growing number of organizations have found themselves facing rising costs, deepening vendor lock-in, and an increasingly opaque product roadmap. The good news: open-source API gateways have matured to the point where migration is not just feasible — it is often a strategic improvement.

API management in Europe is no longer just a technical decision. It is a regulatory, legal, and strategic one. The convergence of NIS2, DORA, GDPR enforcement, and the US CLOUD Act has created a landscape where the jurisdiction of your API gateway matters as much as its throughput. European organizations that route sensitive data through US-controlled infrastructure — even when hosted on EU soil — face compliance risks that no amount of contractual clauses can fully mitigate.

If you are evaluating API gateways in 2026, Kong is almost certainly on your shortlist. It deserves to be. Kong is a mature, battle-tested platform with a massive plugin ecosystem and years of production deployments. So why did we build STOA as a Kong alternative? Not because Kong is bad — but because the problem has changed.

For a broader comparison of open-source gateways, see our Open Source API Gateway Guide. For a comprehensive decision framework when migrating from any legacy platform, consult the API Gateway Migration Guide 2026.