c vs felix

c

Official C client library for Kubernetes (by kubernetes-client)

client-library Kubernetes

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felix

Project Calico's per-host agent Felix, responsible for programming routes and security policy. (by projectcalico)

felix calico-felix Golang Go Kubernetes Docker Containers Networking Security Policy

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c		felix
	Project
3	Mentions	1
137	Stars	922
3.6%	Growth	0.0%
6.2	Activity	0.0
2 days ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
C	Language	C
Apache License 2.0	License	Apache License 2.0

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c

Posts with mentions or reviews of c. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-06.

Is there a Kubernetes-alternative that's C++-based?
1 project | /r/AskProgramming | 4 Oct 2022

Kubernetes has C API too. You can use it from C++ just fine.
Why isn't there a good/standard C++ API for kubernetes
3 projects | /r/kubernetes | 6 Aug 2021

There is a C client available. Last time I used C++, I seem to recall it being compatible with C. So you could wrap that client.

felix

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Pod-to-pod encryption with Calico and Wireguard - where can I read up on this?
1 project | /r/WireGuard | 5 Oct 2021

Yes, inter-node–the definitive source is in the felix repo, e.g., https://github.com/projectcalico/felix/blob/master/wireguard/wireguard.go

What are some alternatives?

When comparing c and felix you can also consider the following projects:

api - The canonical location of the Kubernetes API definition.

erda - An enterprise-grade Cloud-Native application platform for Kubernetes.

Netdata - The open-source observability platform everyone needs

grype - A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems

inspektor-gadget - The eBPF tool and systems inspection framework for Kubernetes, containers and Linux hosts.

dockle - Container Image Linter for Security, Helping build the Best-Practice Docker Image, Easy to start

llama-go - Port of Facebook's LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI) in Golang with embedded C/C++

Virtualization-Emulation-Guide - Virtualization/Emulation Guide

Lean and Mean Docker containers - Slim(toolkit): Don't change anything in your container image and minify it by up to 30x (and for compiled languages even more) making it secure too! (free and open source)

flare - Debug how containers react to signals

go-bsdiff - Golang wrapper for @mendsley's bsdiff C library.

KubeArmor - Runtime Security Enforcement System. Workload hardening/sandboxing and implementing least-permissive policies made easy leveraging LSMs (BPF-LSM, AppArmor).