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.
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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."
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# 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
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