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Merbridge

Merbridge is an open source, eBPF-based service mesh acceleration tool that replaces iptables rules with eBPF traffic interception and uses msg_redirect to shorten the datapath between sidecars and services. It is a CNCF Sandbox project and supports Istio, Linkerd2, and Kuma.

Merbridge publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include CNCF, eBPF, Networking, Performance, and Service Mesh.

Merbridge’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

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20.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
CNCFeBPFNetworkingPerformanceService Mesh

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 20.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Merbridge

Merbridge uses eBPF to accelerate service mesh data planes by replacing iptables-based traffic interception and shortening the datapath between sidecars and services. It is a CN...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Merbridge Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Merbridge Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Merbridge Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Merbridge Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SourceCode
SourceCode

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Slack
Slack

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Group
Group

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: merbridge
name: Merbridge
description: Merbridge is an open source, eBPF-based service mesh acceleration tool that replaces iptables rules with eBPF
  traffic interception and uses msg_redirect to shorten the datapath between sidecars and services. It is a CNCF Sandbox project
  and supports Istio, Linkerd2, and Kuma.
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/merbridge.png
tags:
- CNCF
- eBPF
- Networking
- Performance
- Service Mesh
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/merbridge/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-04-28'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: merbridge:merbridge
  name: Merbridge
  description: Merbridge uses eBPF to accelerate service mesh data planes by replacing iptables-based traffic interception
    and shortening the datapath between sidecars and services. It is a CNCF Sandbox project compatible with Istio, Linkerd2,
    and Kuma.
  humanURL: https://merbridge.io/
  tags:
  - eBPF
  - Service Mesh
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://merbridge.io/docs/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://merbridge.io/docs/getting-started
  - type: Blog
    url: https://merbridge.io/blog/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/merbridge/merbridge
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/merbridge-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://merbridge.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://merbridge.io/docs/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/merbridge
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/merbridge/merbridge
- type: Blog
  url: https://merbridge.io/blog/
- type: Slack
  url: https://join.slack.com/t/merbridge/shared_invite/zt-11uc3z0w7-DMyv42eQ6s5YUxO5mZ5hwQ
- type: Group
  url: https://groups.google.com/g/merbridge
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com