Istio

Simplify observability, traffic management, security, and policy with the Istio service mesh.

Istio was accepted to CNCF on September 30, 2022 at the Incubating maturity level and then moved to the Graduated maturity level on July 12, 2023.

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Health Score

Healthy (75)

Total contributors

58,235

+7% vs. previous year

Total contributing organizations

10,627

+5% vs. previous year

GitHub Stars

45,641

+6% vs. previous year

GitHub Forks

13,498

+8% vs. previous year

Software Value

$404.4M

First commit

November 18, 2016

Istio case studies

Infosys Ltd. Client

Infosys Ltd. Client


$300M USD generated in revenue

October 28, 2025

Zero Downtime, Maximum Trust: How Infosys Built Unbreakable Infrastructure for a Fortune 100 Financial Giant

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SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH

SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH


2 million events In 24 hours

August 7, 2023

How SVA used Knative to kickstart cloud native adoption and patterns

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Recorded Istio programs

Cloud Native Live: Insights from the Radar

Cloud Native Live: Insights from the Radar

Presented by: CNCF, Slashdata
March 4, 2025 316 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