linkerd/linkerd
Old repo for Linkerd 1.x. See the linkerd2 repo for Linkerd 2.x. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- 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: n/a
- age_days: 3885
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1278
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5309 stars · 494 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Linkerd 1.x is a transparent service mesh proxy for HTTP, gRPC, and Thrift traffic, built on Netty and Finagle, that provides load balancing, service discovery integration, and observability with minimal configuration. This repository is now legacy: feature development has moved to the linkerd2 repo, and this repo only receives periodic maintenance releases of the 1.x line.
Use cases
- add a transparent proxy layer to existing services without code changes
- load balance gRPC or HTTP/2 traffic across service endpoints
- integrate service discovery with Kubernetes, Nomad, or Mesos
- route and observe RPC traffic in a microservices deployment
- run a legacy Linkerd 1.x service mesh in production
- get per-service latency and success rate metrics for meshed traffic
When to choose
- you are already running Linkerd 1.x and need maintenance releases
- you need a Finagle-based transparent proxy for non-Kubernetes schedulers like Nomad or Mesos
- you must support legacy Linkerd 1.x configurations
When to avoid
- you are starting a new service mesh project - use Linkerd 2.x (linkerd2) instead
- you need modern Kubernetes-native features like zero-config mTLS or authorization policy
- you want an actively developed service mesh with current security support
Facets
service · maturity maintenance
proxy service-discovery rpc monitoring tracing load-testing microservices cloud-computing networking jvm self-hosted service-mesh linkerd-1x finagle netty grpc http-proxy cncf legacy namerd scala devops containers docker kubernetes linux macos
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd · fetched 2026-08-28 · a91187fe4463
- homepage: https://linkerd.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 81f0270ad4b7
- site_page: https://linkerd.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · e06faf41467f
- site_page: https://linkerd.io/docs/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 825ac4e925a9
- site_page: https://linkerd.io/docs/features/telemetry · fetched 2026-08-29 · e7e922b81cbb
- site_page: https://linkerd.io/docs/features/server-policy · fetched 2026-08-29 · 881f2eb1cc0a
- site_page: https://linkerd.io/docs/tasks/debugging-502s · fetched 2026-08-29 · aee666695640
- site_page: https://linkerd.io/docs/features/load-balancing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4306fbf7eec8
- site_page: https://linkerd.io/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · 338fb9facc5a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| linkerd/linkerd | main | 23 |
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