rancher-docs/shared-files/_cni-popularity.md

The following table summarizes different GitHub metrics to give you an idea of each project's popularity and activity levels. This data was collected in February 2025.

Provider	Project	Stars	Forks	Contributors
Canal	https://github.com/projectcalico/canal	719	100	20
Flannel	https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel	9k	2.9k	236
Calico	https://github.com/projectcalico/calico	6.2k	1.4k	369
Weave	https://github.com/weaveworks/weave	6.6k	674	84
Cilium	https://github.com/cilium/cilium	21k	3.1k	896