# kiali/kiali

Kiali project, observability for the Istio service mesh

Repository: https://github.com/kiali/kiali
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kiali
Homepage: https://www.kiali.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: observability, service-mesh, istio, openshift, management
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:14:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3132, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 20.5, "n_releases_24m": 35}
- flags: no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3633, forks 568 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:12.596071+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, tracing, data-visualization, developer-tools
- domain: microservices, monitoring
- platform: self-hosted, go
- tags: istio, service-mesh, observability, openshift, prometheus, jaeger, devops, containers, kubernetes, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- kiali/kiali (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.596071+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:31:51.988583+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://www.kiali.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.556610+00:00, sha 2f1d02cf599a)
  - site_page: https://kiali.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.559284+00:00, sha e6a4eac27526)
  - site_page: https://kiali.io/docs/installation/quick-start (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.560989+00:00, sha 2e1047669167)
  - site_page: https://kiali.io/docs/features/topology (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.562685+00:00, sha 72da8de8caa4)
  - site_page: https://kiali.io/docs/features/health (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.564362+00:00, sha f8b3970e08f4)
  - site_page: https://kiali.io/docs/features/details (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.565898+00:00, sha 64fcf94a0ca0)
  - site_page: https://kiali.io/docs/features/tracing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.567614+00:00, sha ee053bdcf007)
  - site_page: https://kiali.io/docs/features/validations (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.569169+00:00, sha 6eca5cf2c976)
  - site_page: https://kiali.io/docs/features/wizards (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:44.572821+00:00, sha 89eab4185b5e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.