kube-router VS metallb

Compare kube-router vs metallb and see what are their differences.

metallb

A network load-balancer implementation for Kubernetes using standard routing protocols [Moved to: https://github.com/metallb/metallb] (by google)
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kube-router metallb
4 1
2,227 4,956
0.8% -
9.2 9.8
3 days ago almost 2 years ago
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Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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kube-router

Posts with mentions or reviews of kube-router. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-21.

metallb

Posts with mentions or reviews of metallb. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Simple ingress from host with microk8s?
    1 project | /r/codehunter | 13 Jul 2022
    The best I've gotten so far is using MetalLB to create a load balancer. But this required me to use a free IP address available on my local network rather than the host machines IP address.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing kube-router and metallb you can also consider the following projects:

kube-vip - Kubernetes Control Plane Virtual IP and Load-Balancer

openelb - Load Balancer Implementation for Kubernetes in Bare-Metal, Edge, and Virtualization

cilium - eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability

multus-cni - A CNI meta-plugin for multi-homed pods in Kubernetes

metallb - A network load-balancer implementation for Kubernetes using standard routing protocols

antrea - Kubernetes networking based on Open vSwitch

calico - Cloud native networking and network security

cni - Container Network Interface - networking for Linux containers

iptable_vis - visualise your iptables chains

containerd - An open and reliable container runtime

pathvector - Declarative routing platform that automates BGP route optimization and control plane configuration with secure and repeatable routing policy.