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Traefik Mesh

Lightweight service mesh built on Traefik

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 2.1k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Traefik Mesh is an open-source, simple service mesh that is easy to install and use on Kubernetes. It provides observability, traffic management, and routing without sidecar proxies for self-hosted clusters.

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Key features

  • Sidecar-free mesh
  • Easy installation
  • Traffic observability
  • Kubernetes native

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Active community (2.1k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Go

Is Traefik Mesh secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Traefik Mesh's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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