The latest CNCF projects' velocity report was published. It names the following projects as the most actively developed (out of 231 hosted in CNCF) during the last year (from July 1st, 2024, to July 1st, 2025):

1. Kubernetes
2. OpenTelemetry
3. Prometheus
4. Argo
5. Backstage
6. Meshery
7. Cilium
8. Envoy
9. gRPC
10. Keycloak

If we compare it with the previous Top 10 for this period (July 1st, 2023, to July 1st, 2024), the most significant difference is:
- Meshery: 11th (a year ago) → 6th place (now);
- Istio: 9th → 15th;
- Prometheus: 5th → 3th.

Other prominent changes in Top 100 include:
- Podman Container Tools debuting at 18th place and CloudNativePG at 29th;
- OpenFGA: 34th → 21st;
- Headlamp: 99th → 50th;
- Buildpacks: 41st → 60th.

You can find all the latest stats on CNCF projects (contributors, commits, PRs, issues, etc.) in this public spreadsheet.

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