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kiali/kiali

Kiali project, observability for the Istio service mesh observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/kiali/kiali · homepage · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

99/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_readme

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: 20.5
  • age_days: 3132
  • days_rel: 10
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 35

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3633 stars · 568 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Kiali is an observability console for the Istio service mesh, providing topology visualization, health monitoring, configuration validation, and tracing integration. It can be installed as an Istio add-on or run locally against a cluster.

Use cases

  • visualize istio service mesh traffic topology
  • validate istio configuration for misconfigurations
  • troubleshoot service mesh health and errors
  • manage istio virtual services and destination rules
  • view distributed traces with jaeger or tempo
  • configure istio traffic routing via a UI

When to choose

  • you run Istio or OpenShift Service Mesh and need a management console
  • you want semantic validations of Istio config beyond static checks
  • you need correlated logs, metrics, and traces for mesh troubleshooting

When to avoid

  • you don't use a service mesh
  • you need a general-purpose Kubernetes dashboard without Istio focus

Facets

application · maturity active

monitoring tracing data-visualization developer-tools microservices monitoring self-hosted go istio service-mesh observability openshift prometheus jaeger devops containers kubernetes docker web-server

9 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
kiali/kialimain99

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