Calico
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🐾 Welcome to Project Calico!
Project Calico, created and maintained by [Tigera][tigera], is an open-source project with an active development and user community. Calico Open Source has grown to be the most widely adopted solution for container networking and security, powering 8M+ nodes daily across 166 countries.
🌟 Why use Calico?
- Data Plane Choice: eBPF, standard Linux, Windows, and VPP — versatility in network solutions.
- Interoperability: Works across multiple distros, multiple clouds, bare metal, and VMs.
- Optimized Performance: Engineered for high speed and low CPU usage, maximizing your cluster investments.
- Scalable Architecture: Grows seamlessly with your Kubernetes clusters without sacrificing performance.
- Advanced Security: Get granular access controls and WireGuard encryption.
- Kubernetes Networking Policy Support: Continually defining excellence in Kubernetes network policy standards and support.
- Vibrant Contributor Community: Over 200 contributors from a wide array of global companies.
- Flexible networking: An array of networking tools at your disposal, including BGP, VXLAN, service advertisement, and more.
🤝 Join the Calico Community
- [Calico Big Cats][big-cats]: Become an ambassador and share your journey
- [Community Meetings][community-meetings]: Engage and contribute
- [Contribute on GitHub][first-issues]: Start with 'good first issues'
- [Connect on Slack][slack]: Join the conversation with fellow contributors and our developers
💡 Contributing to Project Calico
- [Get Started with Project Calico][get-started]
- [Repositories][repos]
- [Contribute to our docs][docs-contrib]
- Documentation: [Dive into our training and resources][resources]
- [Make Calico better][issues]
🛠️ Projects We Maintain
- [Calico Golang API][api]
- [Calico operator][operator]
- [VPP dataplane][vpp]
- [Calico BIRD][bird]
📢 Stay Connected
- Subscribe: [Join our newsletter][news]
- [YouTube channel for updates & tutorials][youtube]
- [Technical Blog][blog]
- [Careers][join]: Passionate about open source? Join our team.