Backport

Open-source API gateway with built-in WAF — no code changes

What it does

Backport is an open-source API gateway that protects your API from attacks — without code changes. Just point clients to our proxy URL. ✅ 17+ WAF patterns (SQLi, XSS, path traversal) ✅ Custom regex rules — free ✅ Rate limiting, caching, mocking ✅ Response transformation ✅ <5ms overhead "Free tier: 100 req/min. MIT licensed open-source code. Managed cloud service.". No SDK. No backend changes. Just security.

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