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Praxis is a high-performance, security-first **proxy framework**
built on a composable filter pipeline. Use it for ingress or
egress traffic with routing, load balancing, and security
filters. AI Gateway capabilities ship in
[praxis-ai](https://github.com/praxis-proxy/ai); see
[AI Gateway overview](https://github.com/praxis-proxy/ai/blob/main/docs/overview.md).
## Getting Started
- [Quickstart](docs/quickstart.md)
- [Example configs](examples/README.md)
## Documentation
Full documentation index: [docs/README.md](docs/README.md)
- [Configuration](docs/operating/configuration.md)
- [Features](docs/features.md)
- [AI Features](https://github.com/praxis-proxy/ai)
- [Filters](docs/filters/README.md)
- [Extensions](docs/filters/extensions.md)
- [TLS](docs/operating/tls.md)
- [Security Hardening](docs/operating/security-hardening.md)
> **Note**: AI Features are developed and maintained in a separate repository.
> If you're looking for AI-specific source, see [praxis-proxy/ai].
[praxis-proxy/ai]:https://github.com/praxis-proxy/ai
## Contributing
[Issues] and [pull requests] are welcome. Familiarize yourself
with the following documentation first:
- [Architecture](docs/architecture/overview.md)
- [Conventions](docs/developing/conventions.md)
- [Development](docs/developing/getting-started.md)
- [Benchmarks](docs/benchmarks.md)
For larger changes, open a [discussion] and follow the
[proposal process](docs/proposals.md).
We have a Slack channel for the project on [CNCF Slack],
plase join us in the [#praxis] channel there.
All participants are expected to follow the
[Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
[Issues]:https://github.com/praxis-proxy/praxis/issues/new
[pull requests]:https://github.com/praxis-proxy/praxis/compare
[discussion]:https://github.com/praxis-proxy/praxis/discussions
[CNCF Slack]:https://slack.cncf.io
[#praxis]:https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C0BK0RSP5RC