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2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
Staff Post 2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
By Chris Aniszczyk  By consistently tracking open source project velocity, we are able to see the trends and technologies resonating with developers and end users. We have been tracking these trends since 2017; all previous blogs...
January 29, 2025
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SPIRE now runs on Windows!
Project Post SPIRE now runs on Windows!
Project post originally published on the SPIRE blog by the SPIRE maintainers At its heart, the SPIRE project aims to solve the problem of securely issuing workload identities at scale, no matter where the workload is...
May 18, 2022

Supply chain security project in-toto moves to the CNCF Incubator
Staff Post Supply chain security project in-toto moves to the CNCF Incubator
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept in-toto as a CNCF incubating project.  in-toto is a framework that protects the software supply chain by collecting and verifying relevant data. It does so by...
March 10, 2022

Open sourcing the SPIFFE/SPIRE security audit
Staff Post Open sourcing the SPIFFE/SPIRE security audit
A few years back, CNCF began performing and open sourcing third-party security audits for projects to improve the overall security of our ecosystem. These audits have helped identify security issues, from general weaknesses to critical vulnerabilities,...
August 17, 2021

CNCF LFX Projects are Open for Spring Term 2021! Apply Now for a Mentorship Opportunity!
Mentorship Post CNCF LFX Projects are Open for Spring Term 2021! Apply Now for a Mentorship Opportunity!
CNCF is again very excited to participate in the upcoming LFX (previously CommunityBridge) Spring Term from March 1st – May 31st. We have 15 Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox projects participating with 35 project ideas available to...
February 3, 2021 | Chris Abraham

TOC Approves SPIFFE and SPIRE to Incubation
Project Post TOC Approves SPIFFE and SPIRE to Incubation
Today, the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) voted to accept SPIFFE and SPIRE as incubation-level hosted projects. The SPIFFE (Secure Production Identity Framework For Everyone) specification defines a standard to authenticate software services in cloud native...
June 22, 2020

TOC approves CNCF SIGs and creates security and storage SIGs
TOC approves CNCF SIGs and creates security and storage SIGs
Earlier this year, the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) voted to create CNCF Special Interest Groups (SIGs). CNCF SIGs are currently being bootstrapped in various focus areas and primarily led by recognized experts and supported by contributors. They...
June 24, 2019

CNCF and BVP host discussions with leading open source contributors and end users
CNCF and BVP host discussions with leading open source contributors and end users
This blog was originally posted on the Bessemer Venture Partners Blog. Bessemer was proud to partner with the CNCF to host an evening devoted to discussion around exciting new open source infrastructure projects and best practices for...
October 16, 2018

CNCF to host the SPIFFE Project
CNCF to host the SPIFFE Project
Today, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation accepted SPIFFE into the CNCF Sandbox, a home for early stage and evolving cloud native projects. Also known as the Secure Production Identity Framework For Everyone, the SPIFFE project is...
March 29, 2018 | Kristen Evans