Top 13 Go Istio Projects

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1. microservices-demo

   1 31 17,938 9.5 Go

   Sample cloud-first application with 10 microservices showcasing Kubernetes, Istio, and gRPC.

   

2. InfluxDB

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3. kubesphere

   2 8 15,928 9.1 Go

   The container platform tailored for Kubernetes multi-cloud, datacenter, and edge management ⎈ 🖥 ☁️

   

   Project mention: KubeSphere v4.1.3 Open Source Edition Released | dev.to | 2025-03-27

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4. flagger

   3 17 5,063 8.2 Go

   Progressive delivery Kubernetes operator (Canary, A/B Testing and Blue/Green deployments)

   

   Project mention: Future AI Deployment: Automating Full Lifecycle Management with Rollback Strategies and Cloud Migration | dev.to | 2025-03-15

   Canary Deployment with Kubernetes (Flagger): Flagger Documentation

5. arkade

   4 23 4,378 8.0 Go

   Open Source Marketplace For Developer Tools

   

6. kiali

   5 3 3,464 9.7 Go

   Kiali project, observability for the Istio service mesh

   

7. go-chassis

   6 1 2,733 2.6 Go

   a cloud native application framework for Go with rich eco-system

   

8. kt-connect

   7 1 1,577 0.0 Go

   A toolkit for Integrating with your kubernetes dev environment more efficiently

   

9. SaaSHub

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10. pipecd

    8 3 1,151 9.8 Go

    The One CD for All {applications, platforms, operations}

    

    Project mention: Introduction to Gitless GitOps: A New OCI-Centric and Secure Architecture | dev.to | 2025-04-16

    I learned about Gitless GitOps at KubeCon EU 2025. As a developer of a GitOps tool (PipeCD), I was intrigued but found limited information available, so I decided to investigate.

11. apiclarity

    9 9 532 3.5 Go

    An API security tool to capture and analyze API traffic, test API endpoints, reconstruct Open API specification, and identify API security risks. 

    

12. Kubernetes-Guide

    10 3 210 5.8 Go

    Kubernetes Guide. Learn all about Kubernetes monitoring, networking, and containers. Whether you're running Kubernetes Locally or in the Cloud ( Azure, AWS, and GCP).

    

13. proximal

    11 2 55 7.1 Go

    WebAssembly dev environment for Envoy Proxy. Iterate on your HTTP/TCP middleware in seconds! (by apoxy-dev)

    

14. istio-config-validator

    12 1 42 8.3 Go

    

15. grpc_microservices

    13 1 11 0.0 Go

    This project is a POC of the API Composition Pattern but using gRPC, the idea is having the same proto file implemented in different services (micro or nano) and each service returns a piece of the information to the gateway.

    

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