Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Istio

Open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Istio launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   goa▲115

   A design driven approach for building microservices in Go

   2016 · goa.design · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The New Builders - 8: The Third Way In The Monolith Vs. Microservices Debate▲68

   Monoliths and microservices

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   Tinycon▲197

   A small library for manipulating the favicon

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Orchestra▲75

   Open source system for coordinating experts and machines

   2015 · orchestra.b12.io · its alternatives →

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   Microcosm▲72

   A modern forum platform

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   PlatformIO▲6

   an open source ecosystem for IoT development

   2017 · platformio.org · its alternatives →

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   Blueprint▲203

   A React UI toolkit for the web

   2016 · blueprintjs.com · its alternatives →

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   M3O – Universal Public API Interface▲110

   Hey all, I'm Asim, the founder of M3O, a curated catalog of APIs that provides simple abstractions for the most common API use cases. The idea is to create a single place to explore, discover and consume public APIs as higher level building blocks. Most of the time I don’t use all the features of an API and I assume most devs don't either, so picking and choosing the common patterns, abstracting it away and surfacing a new building block is useful. For example, Twilio has a lot of APIs but I only care about SMS. Even then I just want a quick way to send it. So stripping it all away results…

   2022 · m3o.com · its alternatives →

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   Osios▲63

   Effortless collaboration for app developers and clients

   2014 · its alternatives →

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    Deveo▲101

    Free private code hosting for Git, Mercurial, & SVN

    2016 · perforce.com · its alternatives →

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    Podio▲112

    Manage, share, and get your work done smarter

    2015 · podio.com · its alternatives →

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    Fosshub▲79

    An open source for free and open source tools

    2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

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    iStatistica▲4

    Advanced system monitoring for macOS and iOS

    2016 · imagetasks.com · its alternatives →

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    Immunio▲90

    Real time app security, for Java, Python, RoR, and Node

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15OS
    OSS Service Mesh Orchestrator (lstio, AWS AppMesh, Consul and Linkerd)▲16

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Regular.io▲68

    SaaS Integration as a Service

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Boundary Free▲74

    Server and App Monitoring

    2014 · domaineasy.com · its alternatives →

18. 18OS
    Open Source Multi Service Mesh Orch (lstio, AppMesh, Consul & Linkerd)▲16

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    CodeSoap▲61

    Automated Github standards for teams

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    bipio▲76

    A Personal API for Email and Web Apps

    2014 · bip.io · its alternatives →

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    Micro – A Microservice Toolkit▲25

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    RancherOS▲59

    A minimalist distribution of Linux

    2015 · rancher.com · its alternatives →

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    Helios▲66

    An extensible open-source mobile backend framework

    2014 · globalli.io · its alternatives →

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    Divide▲62

    The secure workspace for enterprise

    2014 · divide.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →