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Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.
30K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add hashicorp/consulAlternatives
Merbridge alternatives for AI agents.
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Use eBPF to speed up your Service Mesh like crossing an Einstein-Rosen Bridge.
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Ultralight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes. Main repo for Linkerd 2.x.
11K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add linkerd/linkerd2#3
Distributed tracing without code changes. 🚀 Instantly monitor any application using OpenTelemetry and eBPF
3.7K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add odigos-io/odigos#4
Linux Runtime Security and Forensics using eBPF
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$ npx skills add aquasecurity/tracee#5
The ops and reference implementation for Apache Dubbo.
4.0K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add apache/dubbo-admin#6
eBPF distributed networking observability tool for Kubernetes
3.1K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add microsoft/retina#7
A toolkit for Integrating with your kubernetes dev environment more efficiently
1.7K starsJun 18, 2024 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add alibaba/kt-connect#8
a cloud native application framework for Go with rich eco-system
2.7K starsDec 31, 2025 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add go-chassis/go-chassis#9
Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
52K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add etcd-io/etcd#10
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
36K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add aquasecurity/trivy#11
Run Kubernetes locally
32K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add kubernetes/minikube#12
The Kubernetes Package Manager
30K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add helm/helm#13
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
123K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add kubernetes/kubernetes#14
The Cloud Native Application Proxy
64K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add traefik/traefik#15
Lightweight Kubernetes
33K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add k3s-io/k3s#16
Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.
32K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add podman-container-tools/podmanHow to choose
When should you switch?
Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Merbridge if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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