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	722	97	20
Flannel	https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel	9.4k	2.9k	248
Calico	https://github.com/projectcalico/calico	7.2k	1.6k	412
Weave	https://github.com/weaveworks/weave	6.6k	675	82
Cilium	https://github.com/cilium/cilium	24.2k	3.7k	1067