Layer5

Layer5 describes itself as an open source-first company and community of cloud native engineers. It is the steward of Meshery and creator of Kanvas, the collaborative canvas for cloud-native infrastructure, bridging the gap between design and operation so engineers can create, configure, and deploy orchestratable diagrams in real time. Its offerings center on cloud native application and infrastructure management software, including multi-cluster, multi-cloud infrastructure management products with open source projects at their core.

Layer5 presents itself as an open source-first company and community of cloud native engineers. It is the steward of Meshery and creator of Kanvas, the collaborative canvas for cloud-native infrastructure, bridging the gap between design and operation so engineers can create, configure, and deploy orchestratable diagrams in real time. The company states that it champions developer-defined infrastructure, giving engineers the power to reshape application delivery, and that its suite of multi-cluster, multi-cloud infrastructure management products, with open source projects at their core, form the bedrock of its offerings. Its cloud native application and infrastructure management software is intended to enable organizations to expect more from their infrastructure. Layer5 describes itself as powered by a growing community of collaborators representing industry leading organizations.

Open source-first cloud native management: developer-defined infrastructure, collaborative design and operation of cloud native infrastructure.

• Meshery

  A self-service engineering platform enabling collaborative design and operation of cloud native infrastructure; described as an open source, highly extensible, vendor neutral project and a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project licensed under Apache v2.

• Kanvas

  A GitOps-infused cloud native visual designer for Kubernetes and cloud native infrastructure; described as the collaborative canvas for cloud-native infrastructure.

• Meshery Cloud

  The Meshery Remote Provider with identity and collaboration services, private catalogs, GitOps, and multi-Meshery management.

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