Best Cloud Native Open Source Tools in 2026

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Embabel

stars 4Kforks 398

Agentic AI framework for the JVM

AI Agents AI SDK Developer Framework+5

agent-toolkit-for-aws

stars 2.3Kforks 225

Empower AI agents to build and manage AWS applications

AI Coding Assistant Developer Tools Cloud Native+1

meshery

stars 11.4Kforks 3.6K

Manage your Kubernetes and cloud native infrastructure

Kubernetes Cloud Native DevOps Tools+1

iroh

stars 12.1Kforks 727

Connect devices seamlessly without relying on the cloud.

Infrastructure as Code Cloud Native Developer Tools+2

RuView

stars 88.7Kforks 11.8K

Intelligent AI agents for real-world applications

AI Agents IoT Developer Tools+2

hysteria

stars 22.3Kforks 2.2K

Fast and censorship-resistant proxy solution

Infrastructure as Code Cloud Native Developer Tools+2

RuFlo

stars 67.2Kforks 8K

Deploy intelligent AI agents with ease.

AI Agents Developer Tools Infrastructure as Code+2

Open Agents

stars 5.8Kforks 752

Spawn coding agents that run infinitely in parallel cloud VMs

AI Agents AI SDK Workflow Automation+3

ClickHouse

stars 49.1Kforks 8.8K

Fast open source column-oriented database for analytics

Database Developer Tools Cloud Native+2

Minikube

stars 32Kforks 5.3K

Run a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, or Windows

Kubernetes DevOps Tools Cloud Native+3

Modelence

stars 425forks 44

Full-stack framework for building production-ready web apps

Developer Framework Authentication Database+4

IronClaw

stars 12.6Kforks 1.5K

Open source security scanner for AI agent deployments

AI Agents Security Developer Tools+2