dragonflyoss/dragonfly
Delivers efficient, stable, and secure data distribution and acceleration powered by P2P technology, with an optional content‑addressable filesystem that accelerates OCI container launch. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 6.0
- age_days: 2128
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 75
Adoption not part of the score
3311 stars · 423 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Dragonfly is a CNCF Graduated P2P-based file and container image distribution system that accelerates large-scale delivery of images, OCI artifacts, AI models, and other files. It includes Manager, Scheduler, Seed Peer, and Peer components, plus optional Nydus content-addressable filesystem support for faster container launches.
Use cases
- speed up docker image pulls in a large kubernetes cluster
- distribute AI model weights and datasets across many nodes
- reduce registry bandwidth costs with p2p image distribution
- accelerate OCI container startup with nydus snapshotter
- preheat images from harbor before deployments
- share large log or cache files across a datacenter
When to choose
- you run large-scale clusters where image pulls saturate registry bandwidth
- you need to distribute big files or AI models to many peers efficiently
- you want a CNCF graduated, production-proven solution used by major companies
When to avoid
- small clusters where a plain registry pull is fast enough
- you cannot deploy extra infrastructure components (manager, scheduler, seed peers)
- you need simple single-node downloads without p2p coordination
Facets
service · maturity stable
p2p proxy caching container-runtime self-hosted deployment cloud-computing microservices self-hosted artificial-intelligence go cloud self-hosted p2p-file-distribution image-acceleration oci-artifacts nydus cncf-graduated container-registry ai-model-distribution containers devops linux docker kubernetes
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly · fetched 2026-08-28 · a58a083ee527
- homepage: https://d7y.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · e334730843c9
- site_page: https://d7y.io/docs/next · fetched 2026-08-29 · eb287f4b14cb
- site_page: https://d7y.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · e89e20980c1e
- site_page: https://d7y.io/docs/v2.4.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · ebb276b7188b
- site_page: https://d7y.io/docs/v2.3.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 01b3950fffe1
- site_page: https://d7y.io/docs/v2.2.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8a1636325dca
- site_page: https://d7y.io/docs/v2.1.x · fetched 2026-08-29 · f08983bc710c
- site_page: https://d7y.io/docs/v2.1.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · a159704155d5
- site_page: https://d7y.io/docs/v2.0.9 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 32a020216183
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dragonflyoss/dragonfly | main | 95 |
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