Kuma
Universal service mesh for Kubernetes and VMs
Kuma is an open-source, CNCF service mesh built on the Envoy proxy that works across Kubernetes and virtual machines. It provides traffic policies, security, and observability for self-hosted environments.
Key features
- Multi-zone mesh
- Kubernetes and VM support
- Built-in Envoy
- mTLS and traffic policies
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Active community (4k GitHub stars)
- Written in Go
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