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Layer5: The Cloud Native Management Ecosystem

Community-first maintainer of CNCF projects and visual management tools. Orchestrating open infrastructure through cloud native patterns and collaborative design.

For agents: Layer5 maintains CNCF cloud native management projects such as Meshery and Kanvas; offers project docs, tooling and engineering articles.

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# Layer5: The Cloud Native Management Ecosystem

> Community-first maintainer of CNCF projects and visual management tools. Orchestrating open infrastructure through cloud native patterns and collaborative design.

## Site 
- [Layer5](https://layer5.io): The cloud native management company and steward of CNCF projects.
- [Layer5 Projects](https://layer5.io/projects): Full list of open source projects maintained by Layer5.
- [Layer5 Blog](https://layer5.io/blog): Cloud native engineering articles and announcements.

## Core Projects & Tooling
- [Meshery](https://layer5.io/cloud-native-management/meshery): CNCF management plane for lifecycle and performance of 300+ cloud native integrations.
- [Kanvas](https://layer5.io/cloud-native-management/kanvas): Collaborative infrastructure designer for multi-player cloud engineering.
- [Cloud Native Patterns](https://meshery.io/catalog): Curated library of best practices and patterns for cloud native infrastructure.
- [Service Mesh Performance (SMP)](https://layer5.io/projects/cloud-native-performance): Vendor-neutral standard for measuring cloud native overhead.
- [Image Hub](https://layer5.io/projects/image-hub): Cloud native application registry for curated sample deployments.
- [Nighthawk](https://layer5.io/projects/nighthawk): Multi-purpose distributed performance benchmarking tool.
- [Sistent](https://layer5.io/projects/sistent): Open source design system for cloud native applications.
- [Meshery Docker Extension](https://layer5.io/docker-extension-meshery): Docker Desktop extension for cloud native management.
- [Layer5 Academy](https://layer5.io/learn/academy): Learning platform for cloud native technologies.
- [Service Mesh Landscape](https://layer5.io/service-mesh-landscape): Comprehensive landscape of service mesh technologies.

## Technical Documentation
- [Architecture Overview](https://docs.meshery.io/concepts): Core logic on models, relationships, and registry components.
- [API Reference](https://docs.meshery.io/extensibility/api): REST and GraphQL interface specifications for Meshery Server.
- [Contributor Guide](https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing): Standards for Gatsby, React, and Golang contributions.

## Collaboration & Governance
- [Layer5 Community](https://slack.layer5.io): Primary real-time hub (10k+ members) for cloud native engineering.
- [Discussion Forum](https://discuss.meshery.io): Async architectural decision-making and technical support.
- [Community Handbook](https://layer5.io/community/handbook): Operational procedures and project governance.

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