# Apollo Router: our new high-performance Federation runtime is now available in open preview

DevFeed: [Apollo Router: our new high-performance Federation runtime is now available in open preview](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/apollo-router-our-new-high-performance-federation-runtime-is-now-available-in-open-preview-23211.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/apollo-router-our-new-high-performance-federation-runtime-is-now-available-in-open-preview>)

Author: Vivek Ravishankar

Published: 2022-03-24T13:02:31Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gateway.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>)

Tags: [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [config](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/config.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [cors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cors.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/native.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [preview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/preview.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [yaml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yaml.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo Router, a high-performance Federation runtime written in Rust, moves from alpha to open preview. It offers an alternative to Apollo Gateway for federated supergraphs, with support for Federation 1 and Federation 2, standalone deployment, expanded configuration, plugins, scripting, and Apollo Studio integrations.

## Source excerpt

At last year's GraphQL Summit we announced the alpha release of Apollo Router for the first time - our new, high-performance Federation runtime written in Rust. Today, we're excited to bring Apollo Router out of Alpha and into an open preview! What does the Apollo Router preview mean for you? If you're currently running a federated supergraph with Apollo Gateway, Apollo Router gives you a leaner, high-performance runtime option for Federation (both Federation 1 and Federation 2!).