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Open Source, Google Zanzibar-inspired database for scalably storing and querying fine-grained authorization data
6.8K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add authzed/spicedbAlternatives
Permify alternatives for AI agents.
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Permify
An open-source authorization as a service inspired by Google Zanzibar, designed to build and manage fine-grained and scalable authorization systems for any application. — Permify is now part of FusionAuth 🎉
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Cerbos is the open core, language-agnostic, scalable authorization solution that makes user permissions and authorization simple to implement and manage by writing context-aware access control policies for your application resources.
4.5K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add cerbos/cerbos#3
An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content.
29K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add goharbor/harbor#4
Ultralight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes. Main repo for Linkerd 2.x.
11K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add linkerd/linkerd2#5
vCluster - Create fully functional virtual Kubernetes clusters - Each vcluster runs inside a namespace of the underlying k8s cluster. It's cheaper than creating separate full-blown clusters and it offers better multi-tenancy and isolation than regular namespaces.
11K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add loft-sh/vcluster#6
Storage Orchestration for Kubernetes
14K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add rook/rook#7
The Cloud Native Control Plane
12K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add crossplane/crossplane#8
Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.
11K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add siderolabs/talos#9
wasmCloud is an open source Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project that enables teams to build, manage, and scale polyglot apps across any cloud, K8s, or edge.
2.3K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsRustKubernetes
$ npx skills add wasmCloud/wasmCloud#10
Fast and Simple Serverless Functions for Kubernetes
8.9K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add fission/fission#11
A Chaos Engineering Platform for Kubernetes.
7.8K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh#12
Litmus helps SREs and developers practice chaos engineering in a Cloud-native way. Chaos experiments are published at the ChaosHub (https://hub.litmuschaos.io). Community notes is at https://hackmd.io/a4Zu_sH4TZGeih-xCimi3Q
5.4K starsJun 9, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add litmuschaos/litmus#13
Kubernetes Native Edge Computing Framework (project under CNCF)
7.5K starsMay 29, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add kubeedge/kubeedge#14
Open, Multi-Cloud, Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Orchestration
5.5K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add karmada-io/karmada#15
A Cloud Native traffic orchestration system
5.9K starsJun 4, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add easegress-io/easegress#16
The Cloud-Native API Gateway and AI Gateway
5.6K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add kgateway-dev/kgatewayHow 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 Permify if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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