Envoy

Cloud-native edge/service proxy

90
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Maintainers

Matt Klein
Matt Klein
Envoy Proxy Creator

Overview

Envoy is an open-source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. It was originally built at Lyft.

Importance

  • Foundation of service mesh architectures
  • Powers Istio and other meshes
  • Critical for microservices communication
  • Used by major cloud providers

Key Features

  • L7 proxy with extensibility
  • gRPC and HTTP/2 support
  • Observability features
  • Dynamic configuration

Sustainability

Envoy is a CNCF graduated project with strong community and corporate backing from Lyft, Google, and others.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (3)
OpenSSL 96
zlib 71
Linux Kernel 88
Envoy
containers
⬇️ Used By (1)
Istio 90

Dependency Chain

Upstream
OpenSSL → zlib → Linux Kernel →
Envoy
→ Istio
Downstream

Impact Analysis

3 Direct Dependencies
1 Dependent Projects
🔗 Middleware project

⚠️ Impact Risk: Changes to Envoy could affect 1 downstream project.

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