Ultra light, ultra simple, ultra powerful. Linkerd adds security, observability, and reliability to Kubernetes, without the complexity.
Linkerd was accepted to CNCF on January 23, 2017, moved to the Incubating maturity level on April 6, 2018, and then moved to the Graduated maturity level on July 28, 2021.Linkerd case studies
![Plaid](https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/conny-schneider-xuTJZ7uD7PI-unsplash-600x480.jpg)
Plaid
100X Releases each day
December 7, 2023
Hundreds of deployments every day without tears
Read Case Study![Lunar](https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_8255-600x450.jpg)
Lunar
40 Smooth production releases per day
September 30, 2022
How Kubernetes and Linkerd became Lunar's multi-cloud communication backbone
Read Case StudyRecorded Linkerd programs
![Cloud Native Live: Building a secure, reliable, observable IDP with Backstage and Linkerd](https://img.youtube.com/vi/43Yq24I0KNI/hqdefault.jpg)
Cloud Native Live: Building a secure, reliable, observable IDP with Backstage and Linkerd
Presented by: Buoyant, Spotify
May 22, 2024
816 views
![CNCF On demand webinar: A tale of three service meshes](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TIBnMmGXyg4/hqdefault.jpg)
CNCF On demand webinar: A tale of three service meshes
Presented by: Infosys
May 2, 2024
1,183 views
![Cloud Native Live: Beyond Kubernetes with Linkerd 2.15 and SPIFFE](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G1QVXZiMGw4/hqdefault.jpg)
Cloud Native Live: Beyond Kubernetes with Linkerd 2.15 and SPIFFE
Presented by: Buoyant
January 31, 2024
999 views