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RateGuard

Centralized API rate limiting, built for modern services

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RateGuard is a lightweight, self-hosted API rate limiting service for modern applications. It centralizes rate-limit decisions behind a simple HTTP API and supports token bucket, fixed window, and sliding window algorithms with Redis and Lua. Deploy it with Docker, manage rules from a web dashboard, and integrate with Node.js or Python using the official SDKs or using APIs.

PH · launched Sep 10, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views

Niche: api usage and rate limit monitoring · 75 launches, 5 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • API
  • Open Source
  • Developer Tools
  • GitHub

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Could you build this?

Yes This is a standard backend utility wrapping common Redis Lua scripts for token-bucket and sliding-window algorithms behind an HTTP API with a basic dashboard.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 67 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #50 of 68 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 294 days after the earliest competitor.

  • genpark-adaptive-token-rate-limiter-skill · github · 2026-09-14 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • MailGuard API · ph · 2026-11-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • agilelimiter · github · 2026-10-12 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • UsageFlow · hn · 2025-11-20 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • YieldGuard · ph · 2026-10-20 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
  • PulseGuard · ph · 2026-09-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
  • Pulse · ph · 2026-10-28 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.40
  • Backfire · ph · 2026-11-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.40

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