Kongbased

Kongbased is a term that appears in technology writings but does not have a single, official definition. It is used informally to describe software, services, or deployments that are founded on or integrate with Kong API Gateway, or as a brand name in niche projects. Because there is no widely recognized entity or standard definition by that exact name, the interpretation of Kongbased depends on context.

In practice, people employing the term might mean:

- An application, service, or plugin that runs behind or with Kong, relying on its API gateway features such as routing, authentication, rate limiting, or monitoring.

- A product or project that brands itself as built on the Kong ecosystem, whether for marketing or documentation purposes. In this sense, Kongbased serves as shorthand for “built on Kong technology.”

- A speculative or informal label in discussions about Kong integrations, often used interchangeably with “Kong-based” or “Kong-powered.”

Context and relation to Kong: Kong is an open-source and commercially supported API gateway and service mesh platform developed by Kong Inc. It provides extensible API management capabilities and is commonly used to secure, observe, and control API traffic.

See also: Kong API Gateway; API management; OpenResty; Kong Inc.