# Flomesh Service Mesh vs Linkerd

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Linkerd

| Attribute | Flomesh Service Mesh | Linkerd |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 33.6 (32% (low)) | 63.8 (42% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | 56 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 19 |
| adoption.github_stars | 800 | 11,481 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Flomesh Service Mesh (FSM) is a cloud-native service mesh solution that manages traffic between services while automatically encrypting their communication channels. It provides fine-grained access control policies to regulate which services can communicate with each other. | An open-source service mesh for Kubernetes written in Rust that automatically provides mutual TLS encryption, traffic management, and built-in observability to applications. It emphasizes simplicity and performance compared to alternative meshes. |
| features.capabilities | `{"automatic_mtls":true}` | `{"proxy":"linkerd2","data_plane":"sidecar","vm_support":true,"multicluster":true,"cncf_maturity":"graduated","automatic_mtls":true,"fault_injection":true,"traffic_splitting":true,"commercial_support":false,"gateway_api_support":true,"built_in_observability":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 6 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Argo CD"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"Helm"},{"name":"Gateway API"}]` |
| language.primary | JavaScript | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://linkerd.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:39:49.641Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | - | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 19 | 7 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v2.0.0","date":"2026-02-13T06:07:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.4","date":"2026-01-30T15:15:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.4-rc4","date":"2025-09-15T05:14:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.4-rc4"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc3","date":"2025-09-04T12:29:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.3-mcp-remote","date":"2025-08-22T01:30:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.3-mcp-remote"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.2-mcp-remote","date":"2025-08-06T13:25:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.2-mcp-remote"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.1-mcp-remote","date":"2025-07-17T11:07:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.1-mcp-remote"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.0-mcp-remote","date":"2025-06-28T14:42:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0-mcp-remote"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc2","date":"2025-03-28T08:37:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc1","date":"2024-11-29T15:39:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.9.0","date":"2024-11-15T10:13:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.3.1","date":"2024-10-21T06:46:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2024-09-26T12:39:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.2.0","date":"2024-08-09T09:55:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.1.0","date":"2024-07-26T07:40:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.0.4","date":"2024-06-20T06:55:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.0.3","date":"2024-05-24T16:56:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.0.2","date":"2024-05-11T10:35:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/flomesh-io/ztm/releases/tag/v0.0.1","date":"2024-05-08T14:05:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.0.1"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.8.4","date":"2026-08-25T16:16:21Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.8.3","date":"2026-08-21T17:26:19Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.8.2","date":"2026-08-14T19:27:42Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.8.1","date":"2026-08-03T21:00:33Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.7.2","date":"2026-07-24T16:42:14Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.7.1","date":"2026-07-21T20:32:34Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.6.3","date":"2026-06-18T17:47:14Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.6.2","date":"2026-06-16T00:35:04Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.6.1","date":"2026-06-05T17:36:19Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.5.5","date":"2026-05-29T21:36:16Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.5.4","date":"2026-05-29T15:40:39Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.5.3","date":"2026-05-21T10:41:32Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.5.2","date":"2026-05-15T15:19:54Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.5.1","date":"2026-05-01T17:48:25Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.4.4","date":"2026-04-24T12:43:14Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.4.3","date":"2026-04-15T18:23:54Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.4.2","date":"2026-04-09T20:29:00Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.4.1","date":"2026-04-02T21:09:50Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.3.3","date":"2026-03-19T18:57:49Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-26.3.2","date":"2026-03-12T13:06:38Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-26.3.2"}]` |
| security.scorecard | - | 8.2 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flinkerd%2Flinkerd2&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` |

## Capabilities (Service Mesh)

| Capability | Flomesh Service Mesh | Linkerd |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Data plane | - | Sidecar |
| Proxy | - | linkerd2-proxy |
| **Security** |  |  |
| Automatic mutual TLS | ✓ | ✓ |
| SPIFFE / SPIRE identity | - | - |
| **Traffic** |  |  |
| Traffic splitting / canary | - | ✓ |
| Fault injection / resilience | - | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Multi-cluster federation | - | ✓ |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| VM support (beyond Kubernetes) | - | ✓ |
| **Observability** |  |  |
| Built-in observability | - | ✓ |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| Gateway API / GAMMA support | - | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| WASM extensibility | - | - |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| FIPS mode | - | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| CNCF maturity | - | Graduated |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Commercial support / enterprise edition | - | ✗ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:10:58.509Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*