Open Service Mesh

aid: open-service-mesh
name: Open Service Mesh
description: Open Service Mesh (OSM) is a lightweight, extensible, cloud native service mesh built on Envoy and the Service
  Mesh Interface (SMI) specification. OSM provides traffic shifting, mutual TLS, access control, observability, and automatic
  sidecar injection for Kubernetes-based microservices. The project is now archived by the CNCF.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Cloud Native
- Envoy
- Kubernetes
- Microservices
- Service Mesh
- SMI
created: '2026-04-28'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-service-mesh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: open-service-mesh:open-service-mesh
  name: Open Service Mesh
  description: Service mesh control plane for Kubernetes that implements the Service Mesh Interface (SMI) specification, providing
    traffic management, security, and observability for microservices via Envoy sidecar proxies.
  humanURL: https://openservicemesh.io
  tags:
  - Service Mesh
  - Kubernetes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openservicemesh.io
  - type: GitHubRepo
    url: https://github.com/openservicemesh/osm
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://openservicemesh.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.openservicemesh.io
- type: GitHubRepo
  url: https://github.com/openservicemesh/osm
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com