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There are Kong meetup groups all over the world, and we’d love to meet you in person! Find your local Meetup group, or check here for upcoming events and talks.
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Contribute to Kong
Kong is 100% open source, and we appreciate contributions to our code and documentation! Significant contributions will earn you a contributor t-shirt.
Explore the Ecosystem
Kong is easily extensible using plugins and other integrations. Find the functionality you need or build your own integration and share it with the world.
Hub
The Kong Hub is the official home for plugins and integrations. Find partner, community and Kong supported integrations.
PDK
Use the Plugin Development Kit’s (PDK) collection of Lua models to build any functionality you need. The sky’s the limit.
The Shoulders of Giants
Kong is built on proven open source technologies. We're proud to use or employ contributors to the following projects:
