Connect, secure, control, and observe services.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 38k
- Latest
- 1.31.1
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
Service meshes
Encrypt, route and observe traffic between services in a cluster.
Changes in this category (RSS)
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| Tool | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istio | 38k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | 1.31.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| Consul | 30k | Other | Source available | No | Go | v2.0.4 | 2026-10-06 |
| Cilium | 26k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v1.20.2 | 2026-10-06 |
| Linkerd | 12k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | edge-26.10.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| Kuma | 4k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v2.14.5 | 2026-10-06 |
5 tools
Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 26k
- Latest
- v1.20.2
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
Ultralight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes. Main repo for Linkerd 2.x.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 12k
- Latest
- edge-26.10.1
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
🐻 The multi-zone service mesh for containers, Kubernetes and VMs. Built with Envoy. CNCF Sandbox Project.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 4k
- Latest
- v2.14.5
- Last push
- 2026-10-06