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Open Service Mesh

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.

Open Service Mesh publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Cloud-Native, Envoy, Kubernetes, Microservices, and Service Mesh.

Open Service Mesh’s developer surface includes documentation and 4 more developer resources.

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12.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Cloud-NativeEnvoyKubernetesMicroservicesService MeshSMI

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 12.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.9 / 20
Access Clarity 3.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
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
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5
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APIs 1

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Open Service Mesh

Service mesh control plane for Kubernetes that implements the Service Mesh Interface (SMI) specification, providing traffic management, security, and observability for microserv...

Pricing Plans 1

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Open Service Mesh Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

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Open Service Mesh Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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Open Service Mesh Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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Open Service Mesh Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

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Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

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GitHubRepo
GitHubRepo

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

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License
License

Company 1

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Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/open-service-mesh.png
tags:
- Cloud-Native
- Envoy
- Kubernetes
- Microservices
- Service Mesh
- SMI
tags_raw:
- 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: '0.23'
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: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/openservicemesh/osm/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/open-service-mesh-domain-security.yml
- 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

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