🚀 RateShield

A fully customizable rate limiter designed to apply rate limiting on individual APIs with specific rules.

📊 Dashboard Overview

🎯 Why RateShield?

Why not? With some free time on hand, RateShield was created to explore the potential of building a versatile rate-limiting solution. What started as a side project is evolving into a powerful tool for developers.

🌟 Key Features

• Customizable Limiting:
  Tailor rate limiting rules to each API endpoint according to your needs.

• Intuitive Dashboard:
  A user-friendly interface to monitor and manage all your rate limits effectively.

• Easy Integration:
  Plug-and-play middleware that seamlessly integrates into your existing infrastructure.

⚙️ Use Cases

• Preventing Abuse:
  Control the number of requests your APIs can handle to prevent misuse and malicious activities.

• Cost Management:
  Manage third-party API calls efficiently to avoid unexpected overages.

🚀 Supported Rate Limiting Algorithms

• Token Bucket
• Fixed Window Counter
• More algorithms are on the way!

🪧 Usage Guide

Check out this document.

How it works?

⚠️ Important Information

• Current Limitation:
  At present, RateShield only supports the Token Bucket & Fixed Window Counter algorithm, which may not fit all use cases.

🤝 Contributing

Interested in contributing? We'd love your help! Check out our Contribution Guidelines to get started.