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 December 2025.

Provider	Project	Stars	Forks	Contributors
Canal	https://github.com/projectcalico/canal	721	97	18
Flannel	https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel	9.3k	2.9k	244
Calico	https://github.com/projectcalico/calico	6.9k	1.5k	396
Weave	https://github.com/weaveworks/weave	6.6k	680	83
Cilium	https://github.com/cilium/cilium	23k	3.5k	1k