Envoy

Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy

Envoy was accepted to CNCF on September 13, 2017 at the Incubating maturity level and then moved to the Graduated maturity level on November 28, 2018.

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Health Score

Excellent (86)

Total contributors

43,863

+13% vs. previous year

Total contributing organizations

9,604

+10% vs. previous year

GitHub Stars

38,812

+13% vs. previous year

GitHub Forks

8,270

+14% vs. previous year

Software Value

$3,633.0M

First commit

August 8, 2016

Envoy case studies

OpenAI

OpenAI


50% reduction in Fluent Bit CPU utilization

November 12, 2025

How OpenAI Reduced Fluent Bit CPU Usage by 50% and Freed 30,000 Cores

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Meltwater

Meltwater


Massive Scale 2+ petabytes of data, 200+ billion documents

August 17, 2023

Meltwater's Live Migration to Cilium for Richer Features

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Recorded Envoy programs

Cloud Native Live: Trivia, tokens and traffic: Meet Envoy AI Gateway

Cloud Native Live: Trivia, tokens and traffic: Meet Envoy AI Gateway

Presented by: Tetrate
May 14, 2025 484 views
Cloud Native Live: Introducing Kyverno Authz Server

Cloud Native Live: Introducing Kyverno Authz Server

Presented by: Nirmata
December 4, 2024 409 views
CNCF On demand webinar: IBAC for devs

CNCF On demand webinar: IBAC for devs

Presented by: Otterize
November 7, 2024 198 views