Unkey Api Key Management Rate Limiting

---
name: "Unkey Open Source API Key Management and Rate Limiting Platform"
slug: "unkey-api-key-management-rate-limiting"
description: "Unkey is an open-source developer platform for managing API keys, rate limiting, and usage analytics. It provides a fast, globally distributed key verification system that integrates into any API with minimal code changes."
github_stars: 5224
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/unkeyed/unkey"
category: "Security & Verification"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "unkeyed/unkey"
  github_stars: 5224
  npm_package: "unkey"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 32
---

# Unkey Open Source API Key Management and Rate Limiting Platform

Unkey is an open-source developer platform for managing API keys, rate limiting, and usage analytics. It provides a fast, globally distributed key verification system that integrates into any API with minimal code changes.

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **Unkey is the developer platform for modern APIs.** We unify your infrastructure so you can ship faster: deploy APIs instantly, route traffic through global gateways, and understand usage — all in one place.
- **Analytics** — usage, latency, and per-key insights across every request

- Source: https://github.com/unkeyed/unkey
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unkeyed/unkey/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/unkey-api-key-management-rate-limiting/)