CNCF

aid: cncf
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cncf/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: CNCF
kind: opensource
tags:
- Cloud Native
- Containers
- Kubernetes
- Open Source
- Standards
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cncf.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is part of the Linux Foundation and hosts critical components of
  the global cloud-native technology infrastructure - including Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy, etcd, OpenTelemetry, CloudEvents,
  gRPC, and CNI. CNCF stewards open-source project governance and publishes the Cloud Native Interactive Landscape, a community-curated
  dataset (landscape.yml) of cloud-native projects and products with metadata such as GitHub stars, contributor counts, funding,
  and headquarters location.
apis:
- aid: cncf:cncf-landscape
  name: CNCF Cloud Native Interactive Landscape
  tags:
  - Catalog
  - Cloud Native
  - Landscape
  - Open Data
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://landscape.cncf.io/
  properties:
  - url: https://landscape.cncf.io/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/cncf/landscape
    type: GitHubRepository
  - url: https://github.com/cncf/landscape/blob/master/landscape.yml
    type: Dataset
  - url: https://github.com/cncf/landscape2
    type: GitHubRepository
  description: The CNCF Cloud Native Interactive Landscape is the canonical map of the cloud-native ecosystem. The landscape
    is generated daily from landscape.yml and enriched with data from Crunchbase and GitHub. The underlying dataset (project
    name, category, maturity, GitHub repo, Crunchbase entry, headquarters, etc.) is published as YAML in the cncf/landscape
    repo and rendered with the cncf/landscape2 generator, providing a structured, machine-readable catalog of hundreds of
    cloud-native projects and products.
  x-features:
  - name: Project Catalog
    description: Hundreds of cloud-native projects and products with structured metadata.
  - name: Maturity Levels
    description: Graduated, Incubating, Sandbox, and Archived classifications.
  - name: GitHub Metrics
    description: GitHub stars, contributors, and commit activity per project.
  - name: Categories and Subcategories
    description: Provisioning, Runtime, Orchestration, App Definition, Observability, etc.
  x-useCases:
  - name: Tool Discovery
    description: Help engineers find cloud-native tools that match their requirements.
  - name: Landscape Analysis
    description: Track ecosystem growth, project maturity, and adoption signals.
  - name: Procurement and Vendor Selection
    description: Evaluate CNCF projects and vendors when standardizing tooling.
- aid: cncf:cncf-projects
  name: CNCF Hosted Projects (Standards Steward)
  tags:
  - Kubernetes
  - Open Source
  - Standards
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cncf.io/projects/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cncf.io/projects/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/cncf
    type: GitHubOrganization
  description: CNCF stewards an open-source project portfolio whose APIs underpin much of modern cloud infrastructure - Kubernetes
    API, OpenTelemetry, CloudEvents, gRPC, CNI, CSI, OCI image and runtime specs, Prometheus exposition format, etcd, Envoy
    xDS, and many more. Each project owns its own API specs and contracts; CNCF provides the governance and home for these
    cloud-native standards.
  x-features:
  - name: Open Governance
    description: Open governance for hosted cloud-native projects.
  - name: Maturity Track
    description: Sandbox to Incubating to Graduated maturity track.
  - name: Standards Stewardship
    description: Stewardship of foundational cloud-native API standards.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cncf-domain-security.yml
- url: https://www.cncf.io/
  type: Website
- url: https://landscape.cncf.io/
  name: CNCF Cloud Native Landscape
  type: Landscape
- url: https://www.cncf.io/projects/
  name: Graduated and Incubating Projects
  type: Catalog
- url: https://www.cncf.io/blog/
  name: CNCF Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://github.com/cncf
  name: CNCF on GitHub
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://www.cncf.io/all-cncf/
  name: All CNCF Sites
  type: About
- url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/privacy/
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://twitter.com/CloudNativeFdn
  name: CNCF on X
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloud-native-computing-foundation/
  name: CNCF on LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://www.youtube.com/c/cloudnativefdn
  name: CNCF on YouTube
  type: YouTube
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com