Istio

Service mesh for Kubernetes

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

Overview

Istio is an open-source service mesh that provides a uniform way to connect, secure, control, and observe microservices.

Importance

  • Leading service mesh platform
  • Powers enterprise microservices
  • Foundation for zero-trust networking
  • Critical for cloud-native security

Key Features

  • Traffic management
  • Security (mTLS)
  • Observability
  • Policy enforcement

Sustainability

Istio is a CNCF project with strong backing from Google, IBM, and major cloud providers.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (2)
Istio
containers

Dependency Chain

Upstream
Kubernetes Envoy
Istio

Impact Analysis

2 Direct Dependencies
0 Dependent Projects
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