Merbridge

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
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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: 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