CNCF
Grouped by Kin Score band and ranked by composite score within each, with the separate agent-readiness score alongside. Click the scores on any row to open the full facet and dimension breakdown behind both numbers, and click again to close it.
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47 providers
Strong 1 54.3 – 66.4 Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start.
1
Backstage Strong agent ready
Backstage is an open-source developer portal platform created by Spotify. It provides a centralized software catalog, software templates (scaffolder), TechDo...
Composite
61.3
Agent
58.5
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 61.3/100 · strong
Contract Quality
15.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
17.1 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
7.9 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
8.0 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
4.9 / 15
Agent readiness — 59/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility documented
2.4 / 6
MCP Server
12.0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth served
9.0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics derived
1.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples partial
3.5 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
6 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
6.0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
5.0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
6 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
Developing 16 39.3 – 54.2 Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps.
2
Buildpacks Io Developing agent ready
Cloud Native Buildpacks (CNB) is a CNCF Graduated project (graduated 2026-07-17) that transforms application source code into OCI images that can run on any ...
Composite
53.5
Agent
28.7
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 53.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality
15.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
14.6 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
5.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
4.7 / 15
Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
6 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics documented
4.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples documented
1.8 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling documented
3.5 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills derived
1.3 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
3
AgentGateway Developing agent aware
AgentGateway is an open-source, AI-native proxy and gateway for routing, observing, and governing traffic to and from AI agents, LLM providers, and MCP serve...
Composite
52.9
Agent
26.5
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 52.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality
12.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
14.6 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
5.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.4 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
4.2 / 15
Agent readiness — 27/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics derived
1.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples documented
1.8 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling documented
3.5 / 7
Typed Event Surface unknown
5.4 / 6
Agent Skills derived
1.3 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
4
Artifact Hub Developing agent aware
Artifact Hub is a CNCF incubating web-based application that enables finding, installing, and publishing cloud-native packages. Built primarily in TypeScript...
Composite
49.1
Agent
25.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 49.1/100 · developing
Contract Quality
13.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
11.3 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
5.5 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
7.3 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
4.7 / 15
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics derived
1.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples partial
3.5 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling documented
3.5 / 7
Typed Event Surface derived
1.5 / 6
Agent Skills derived
1.3 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
5
Kubernetes Developing agent aware
Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups container...
Composite
48.3
Agent
24.4
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 48.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality
17.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
11.2 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
6.2 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.6 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
3.4 / 15
Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
10.0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics derived
1.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface derived
1.5 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
6
Cloud Native Buildpacks Developing agent aware
Cloud Native Buildpacks (CNBs) transform application source code into OCI-compliant container images that can run on any cloud, without requiring Dockerfiles...
Composite
47.7
Agent
20.4
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 47.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality
10.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
14.6 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.4 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
4.7 / 15
Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency derived
1.1 / 9
Stable Error Semantics derived
1.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling documented
3.5 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills derived
1.3 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
7
Argo Developing agent aware
Argo is a collection of open-source Kubernetes-native tools for workflows, events, CI/CD, and progressive delivery. The project includes Argo Workflows (cont...
Composite
46.3
Agent
23.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 46.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality
15.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
9.5 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.3 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility documented
2.4 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface derived
1.5 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
8
Crossplane Developing agent aware
Crossplane is a graduated CNCF open-source Kubernetes add-on that transforms a cluster into a universal control plane for cloud infrastructure, services, and...
Composite
45.8
Agent
17.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 45.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality
16.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
7.4 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.6 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
9
KEDA Developing agent aware
KEDA (Kubernetes Event Driven Autoscaling) is a CNCF graduated application autoscaler that drives scaling of any container in Kubernetes based on the number ...
Composite
45.6
Agent
27.8
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 45.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality
16.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
9.0 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.3 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
6 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
7.0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface derived
1.5 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
10
Argo Workflows Developing agent aware
Argo Workflows is an open-source, container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. It is a CNCF graduated project that allows ...
Composite
43.7
Agent
17.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 43.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality
11.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
11.0 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.3 / 15
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
11
gRPC Developing agent aware
gRPC is a high-performance, open-source universal RPC framework that uses HTTP/2 for transport, Protocol Buffers as the interface description language, and p...
Composite
42.6
Agent
20.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 42.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality
13.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
10.5 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.8 / 15
Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface unknown
5.4 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
12
Chaos Mesh Developing agent aware
Chaos Mesh is a CNCF graduated cloud-native chaos engineering platform that orchestrates chaos experiments on Kubernetes to test system resilience and reliab...
Composite
42.2
Agent
17.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 42.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality
15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
7.6 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
5.1 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
13
Rook Developing agent aware
Rook is a CNCF graduated cloud-native storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, providing the platform, framework, and support for Ceph distributed storage system...
Composite
41.3
Agent
23.7
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 41.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality
13.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
9.0 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
2.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
8.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
14
wasmCloud Developing agent aware
wasmCloud is a CNCF incubating platform for building, managing, and scaling distributed applications using WebAssembly components. It provides a runtime that...
Composite
41.1
Agent
14.7
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 41.1/100 · developing
Contract Quality
15.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
6.7 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
7.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 15/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface derived
1.5 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
15
Envoy Gateway Developing agent aware
Envoy Gateway is a CNCF project that manages Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. It implements the Kubernetes Gateway API an...
Composite
40.9
Agent
22.4
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 40.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality
9.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
15.2 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
5.5 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
7.9 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
3.4 / 15
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency derived
1.1 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling documented
3.5 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
16
HAMi Developing agent ready
HAMi (Heterogeneous AI Computing Virtualization Middleware) is a CNCF incubating open-source project that brings device sharing, memory and core isolation, a...
Composite
40.8
Agent
31.3
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 40.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality
9.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
11.4 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.6 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
4.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
6 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics derived
1.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling documented
3.5 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata documented
2.5 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
17
CoreDNS Developing agent aware
CoreDNS is a CNCF graduated DNS server written in Go that serves as the default DNS service for Kubernetes clusters. It is flexible and extensible through a ...
Composite
39.6
Agent
23.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 39.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality
11.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
6.7 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.4 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
6 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
7.0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
Thin 17 26.2 – 39.2 Limited machine-readable signal beyond documentation a human can read.
18
TiKV Thin agent aware
TiKV is a CNCF-graduated distributed transactional key-value database built in Rust with Raft consensus. Originally created to complement TiDB, it provides h...
Composite
38.2
Agent
15.4
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 38.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality
11.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
8.6 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 15/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
19
Argo CD Thin agent aware
Argo CD is a declarative GitOps continuous-delivery tool for Kubernetes, part of the CNCF Graduated Argo project. The argocd-server component exposes a gRPC ...
Composite
36.6
Agent
22.5
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 36.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality
8.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
12.4 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
5.5 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
4.8 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility documented
2.4 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
20
Vitess Thin agent aware
Vitess is a CNCF graduated database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL through generalized sharding. It provides MySQL protocol compatibility,...
Composite
36.4
Agent
13.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 36.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality
7.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
6.7 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
7.0 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 14/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
21
Linkerd Thin agent aware
Service mesh without the mess. Linkerd adds security, observability, and reliability to any Kubernetes cluster without the complexity of bloat of other meshes.
Composite
35.7
Agent
17.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 35.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality
12.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
7.1 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.4 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.2 / 15
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples partial
3.5 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
22
Youki Thin human only
youki is an open source container runtime written in Rust that implements the OCI runtime specification as a memory-safe alternative to runc, with rootless c...
Composite
35.5
Agent
1.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 35.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality
8.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
8.6 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 2/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples documented
1.8 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
23
Prometheus Thin agent aware
Prometheus is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation graduated open source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit. A Prometheus server scrapes metrics over HTT...
Composite
35.4
Agent
19.8
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 35.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality
14.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
8.6 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.1 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.2 / 15
Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
7.0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
24
Istio Thin agent aware
Istio is an open-source service mesh platform that provides a comprehensive solution for managing, securing, and monitoring microservices in a distributed sy...
Composite
34.9
Agent
17.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 34.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality
14.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
7.6 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.4 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
25
Scalable Inference Serving Thin agent ready
A collection of APIs, frameworks, and platforms for scalable machine learning model inference serving, deployment, and management. This includes the KServe O...
Composite
33.8
Agent
28.7
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 33.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality
13.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
8.1 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
3.1 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
4.8 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
8.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
7.0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
26
CRI-O Thin agent aware
CRI-O is a CNCF graduated, lightweight container runtime built specifically for Kubernetes. It implements the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) gR...
Composite
33.3
Agent
17.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 33.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality
10.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
5.0 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
0.9 / 15
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples partial
3.5 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
27
Akri Thin agent aware
Akri is a CNCF Sandbox project that exposes heterogeneous leaf devices (such as IP cameras and USB devices) as resources in a Kubernetes cluster. It enables ...
Composite
33.1
Agent
23.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 33.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality
7.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
5.7 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
5.1 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.4 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
6 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
7.0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
28
Runc Thin human only
runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI (Open Container Initiative) specification. It is the reference implement...
Composite
32.5
Agent
1.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 32.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality
6.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
4.8 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 2/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples documented
1.8 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
29
BFE Thin agent aware
BFE (Beyond Front End) is an open-source layer 7 load balancer developed by Baidu, providing advanced traffic routing, forwarding, and load balancing capabil...
Composite
31.0
Agent
23.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 31.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality
4.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
3.8 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.3 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
6 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
7.0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
30
WasmEdge Thin human only
WasmEdge is a lightweight, high-performance, and extensible WebAssembly runtime for cloud native, edge, and decentralized applications. It powers serverless ...
Composite
29.8
Agent
0.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 29.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality
3.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
2.9 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
7.0 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
31
Meshery Thin human only
Meshery is the cloud native manager for Kubernetes and cloud native infrastructure. It is an extensible, self-service engineering platform that enables colla...
Composite
28.5
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 28.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
5.0 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.1 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
4.8 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.1 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
32
Vineyard Thin agent aware
Vineyard (v6d) is an in-memory immutable data manager developed under CNCF TAG-Storage. It provides efficient zero-copy data sharing across distributed syste...
Composite
28.2
Agent
17.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 28.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality
12.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
4.3 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
1.7 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.4 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples partial
3.5 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
33
Weave Net Thin agent aware
Weave Net is an open source container networking plugin that creates a virtual network connecting Docker containers and Kubernetes pods across multiple hosts...
Composite
27.0
Agent
20.4
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 27.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality
5.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
4.3 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
5.1 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.3 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
2.2 / 15
Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
7.0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
34
Score Thin human only
Score is an open-source, platform-agnostic workload specification developed under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox program. It provides a...
Composite
26.7
Agent
0.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 26.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality
2.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
2.4 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.3 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
Emerging 12 11 – 26.1 More than an index entry but still mostly links rather than artifacts.
35
Kubescape Emerging agent aware
Kubescape is an open-source (Apache 2.0) Kubernetes security platform and CNCF incubating project, originally contributed by ARMO. It provides risk analysis,...
Composite
26.0
Agent
17.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 26.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
12.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
5.7 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
1.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.6 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.8 / 15
Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer
3.5 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
36
The Update Framework (TUF) Emerging human only
TUF (The Update Framework) is a CNCF graduated framework for securing software update systems. It provides a specification for how software repositories shou...
Composite
25.0
Agent
0.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 25.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
5.2 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
3.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
7.0 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
37
OpenCost Emerging agent aware
An open source CNCF specification and reference implementation for real-time cost monitoring of Kubernetes infrastructure and cloud spending, enabling teams ...
Composite
23.8
Agent
20.7
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 23.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
12.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
2.4 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
1.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
6 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples partial
3.5 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
4 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
38
Werf Emerging human only
Werf is an open-source CNCF sandbox project providing a complete GitOps-based CI/CD solution for Kubernetes. It implements the full application delivery life...
Composite
23.0
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 23.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
6.7 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
3.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.5 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
0.9 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
39
Flyte Emerging agent aware
Flyte is a Kubernetes-native, open-source workflow orchestration platform for machine learning, data, and analytics pipelines. It provides reproducibility, t...
Composite
22.8
Agent
15.4
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 22.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
9.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
2.4 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
3.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
0.8 / 15
Agent readiness — 15/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
40
SOPS Emerging human only
SOPS (Secrets OPerationS) is a CNCF Sandbox encrypted file editor that supports YAML, JSON, ENV, INI, and binary formats. SOPS encrypts file values while lea...
Composite
21.8
Agent
0.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 21.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
2.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
1.9 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
3.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
6.6 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
41
Perses Emerging agent aware
Perses is an open-source monitoring and dashboarding tool designed as a modern alternative for visualizing time-series data with a focus on performance, exte...
Composite
21.2
Agent
18.5
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 21.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
10.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
4.3 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
1.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
0.9 / 15
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract derived
2.5 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server documented
4.8 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
42
Tekton Emerging agent aware
Tekton is a cloud-native CI/CD framework implemented as a set of Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions and controllers under the tekton.dev API group. Tekto...
Composite
20.8
Agent
13.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 20.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
6.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
6.2 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.1 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
4.8 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
0.9 / 15
Agent readiness — 14/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract
18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
43
Telepresence Emerging human only
Telepresence is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox open source tool that enables fast local development for Kubernetes and OpenShift microser...
Composite
18.9
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 18.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
1.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
3.8 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
0.3 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
4.8 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
44
Ratify Emerging human only
Ratify is a CNCF Sandbox open-source verification framework for container images and other supply chain artifacts in Kubernetes environments. It enables poli...
Composite
18.8
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 18.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
2.4 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
4.1 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
4.8 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
0.9 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
45
Merbridge Emerging human only
Merbridge is an open source, eBPF-based service mesh acceleration tool that replaces iptables rules with eBPF traffic interception and uses msg_redirect to s...
Composite
15.3
Agent
0.6
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 15.3/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
3.3 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
3.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
0.9 / 15
Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
46
Flux CD Emerging human only
Flux is a set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes that are open and extensible, enabling GitOps-based automation for keeping Kube...
Composite
14.2
Agent
3.9
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 14.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
6.0 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
1.4 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
5.7 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
1.8 / 15
Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling derived
0.9 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills unknown
4.5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5
Minimal 1 0 – 10.9 Index entry only; little beyond a description and a link.
47
Bootc Minimal human only
Bootc is an open source tool that enables transactional, in-place operating system updates using OCI/Docker container images as the source for OS updates. It...
Composite
10.1
Agent
0.0
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 10.1/100 · minimal
Contract Quality
0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics
2.9 / 20
0 / 0
Operational Transparency
3.8 / 13
0 / 0
Discoverability
4.8 / 10
Regulatory · Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)
0.9 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract
0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract
0 / 10
Documented Reversibility
0 / 6
MCP Server
0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth
0 / 10
Idempotency
0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics
0 / 8
Request/Response Examples
0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling
0 / 7
Typed Event Surface
0 / 6
Agent Skills
0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog
0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity
0 / 3
A2A Agent Card
0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode
0 / 4
Delegated User Identity
0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata
0 / 5
Registration Without a Human
0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document
0 / 5