Exploring HyperSwitch, a payment switch built on Rust

HyperSwitch is a payment switch designed to streamline multi-channel payment processing by enabling developers to interact with multiple payment processors through a single API endpoint, thereby improving transaction success rates and offering a seamless user experience. It supports a wide array of payment processors, including Braintree and Stripe, and is equipped with smart routing features, a user-friendly dashboard, and the ability to handle up to 50,000 transactions per second with 99.99 percent uptime. HyperSwitch, which is open source and written in Rust, can be used in various environments, such as AWS or GCP, and provides a sandbox mode for testing integrations safely. This article guides users through setting up and connecting payment processors like Braintree and Stripe using sandbox accounts, configuring payment routing, and testing the setup through a demo checkout process. It emphasizes HyperSwitch's ability to simplify payment processing logic by integrating multiple services and provides developer-friendly components for various frontend applications to enhance the overall developer experience.