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Distributed Rate Limiting

Control the Flow

Production-grade rate limiting for Spring Boot. Choose your algorithm. Configure by IP, endpoint, and tier. Redis-backed. Deploy anywhere.

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State Store
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Why Rate Limiting

Protection against abuse, fair resource allocation, backend stability, and cost control. Essential for any production system handling external traffic.

Prevent Abuse

Block DoS attacks and malicious traffic

Fair Usage

Equitable resource distribution across users

Stability

Prevent cascading failures in backends

Cost Control

Enforce usage tiers and pricing models

Available Algorithms

Four Approaches

Token Bucket

Flexible bursts with controlled flow

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Leaky Bucket

Smooth output from queued input

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Fixed Counter

Simple windowed counting

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Sliding Window

Precise continuous enforcement

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Interactive playground. Test algorithms. No backend required (mock mode). Connect your own service. See rate limits in action.

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