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 July 2025.

Provider	Project	Stars	Forks	Contributors
Canal	https://github.com/projectcalico/canal	720	99	20
Flannel	https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel	9.2k	2.9k	242
Calico	https://github.com/projectcalico/calico	6.7k	1.5k	380
Weave	https://github.com/weaveworks/weave	6.6k	681	84
Cilium	https://github.com/cilium/cilium	21.1k	3.3k	959