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 August 2025.

Provider	Project	Stars	Forks	Contributors
Canal	https://github.com/projectcalico/canal	721	99	20
Flannel	https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel	9.2k	2.9k	242
Calico	https://github.com/projectcalico/calico	6.7k	1.5k	382
Weave	https://github.com/weaveworks/weave	6.6k	680	84
Cilium	https://github.com/cilium/cilium	22.3k	3.4k	979