kube-rs vs linkerd2-proxy

kube-rs

rust kubernetes client and controller runtime [Moved to: https://github.com/kube-rs/kube-rs] (by clux)

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linkerd2-proxy

A purpose-built proxy for the Linkerd service mesh. Written in Rust. (by linkerd)

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kube-rs		linkerd2-proxy
	Project
1	Mentions	13
868	Stars	1,927
-	Growth	0.7%
9.6	Activity	9.7
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
Rust	Language	Rust
Apache License 2.0	License	Apache License 2.0

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kube-rs

Posts with mentions or reviews of kube-rs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-01.

Linkerd 2.11 now includes a Kubernetes controller written in Rust
5 projects | /r/rust | 1 Oct 2021

With yesterday's 2.11.0 release, Linkerd features a new policy-controller component written in Rust! It uses kube-rs to communicate with the Kubernetes API and it exposes a gRPC API implemented with Tonic.

linkerd2-proxy

Posts with mentions or reviews of linkerd2-proxy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-26.

Rust Cryptography Should Be Written in Rust
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Aug 2023
Migrating from warp to axum
2 projects | /r/fasterthanlime | 23 Nov 2022

Oh, there are many - https://lib.rs/crates/sfz is a simple one. If you're looking to proxy to something else, there's https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy, etc.
Rust-based reverse proxy?
3 projects | /r/rust | 29 Oct 2022

Linkerd: Meant to be used in a kubernetes deploy, but the readme mentions possibilities of using it elsewhere.
Hot take: cert-manager is a top 3 most valuable k8s add-on
1 project | /r/kubernetes | 13 Oct 2022
From Pythonista to Rustacean
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Oct 2022

I am really curious about Rust after looking for API proxies (in particular Linkerd2 - https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy). Can anyone share her/his experience on going from Python to Rust? (bonus point if related to API :lol:)
New Tokio blog post: What's new in axum 0.5
3 projects | /r/rust | 31 Mar 2022

Here is production ready service mesh using pre-1.0 crates: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy/blob/main/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml
How do I get this job?
3 projects | /r/rust | 11 Nov 2021

I know linkerd proxy is written in rust. You could look at that project to help get you started. Be aware that their use case is for very lightweight proxies inside of clusters so it might not fit your goals exactly.
Linkerd 2.11 now includes a Kubernetes controller written in Rust
5 projects | /r/rust | 1 Oct 2021

Linkerd--a service mesh for Kubernetes--has featured a proxy written in Rust (since ~2017), but its control plane has been implemented entirely in Go... until now!
New Tokio blog post: Inventing the Service trait
2 projects | /r/rust | 17 May 2021

Its also heavily in linkerd-proxy https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy which is a service mesh for kubernetes.
How to share .proto messages across multiple microservices?
6 projects | /r/rust | 12 Jan 2021

A build.rs file is used to generate Rust bindings at build-time.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing kube-rs and linkerd2-proxy you can also consider the following projects:

tikv - Distributed transactional key-value database, originally created to complement TiDB

linkerd - Old repo for Linkerd 1.x. See the linkerd2 repo for Linkerd 2.x.

conduit - Ultralight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes. Main repo for Linkerd 2.x.

pisanix - A Database Mesh Project Sponsored by SphereEx

talent-plan - open source training courses about distributed database and distributed systems

deno - A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.

teaching-material

linkerd2-proxy-api - A service mesh for Kubernetes and beyond. gRPC API bindings repo for Linkerd 2.x.

polkadot-sdk - The Parity Polkadot Blockchain SDK

transmitic - Encrypted, peer to peer, file transfer program :: https://discord.gg/tRT3J6T :: https://www.reddit.com/r/transmitic/ :: https://twitter.com/transmitic

riscv-zkt-list - [Archived as historical. Zkt is now part of the main K spec.] Zkt "safe list": extension attests that the machine has data-independent execution time for these instructions