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 * **Zero downtime restarts** - Tyk configurations can be altered dynamically and the service restarted without affecting any active request
 
 Tyk is written in Go, which makes it fast and easy to set up. Its only dependencies are a Mongo database (for analytics) and Redis, 
-though it can be deployed without wither (not recommended).
+though it can be deployed without either (not recommended).
 
 ## Why? ##