# 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.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/unkey-open-source-api-key-management-and-rate-limiting-platf` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/unkey-open-source-api-key-management-and-rate-limiting-platf`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/unkey-open-source-api-key-management-and-rate-limiting-platf/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Data & Analytics
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/unkey-open-source-api-key-management-and-rate-limiting-platf

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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

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/unkey-api-key-management-rate-limiting/)