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<!-- Extensions Section -->
<div>
<h2>Extensions</h2>
<p align="center">
<a href="https://meshery.io/extensions">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meshery-extensions/.github/master/profile/assets/img/meshery-extensions-github.png" usemap="#workmap" alt="Meshery Extensions" />
</a>
</p>
<p>
Meshery is built around <a href="https://docs.meshery.io/extensibility#extension-points">extension points</a>
that allow the community to deepen integrations, automate workflows, and expand cloud native management
capabilities beyond the core platform. With support for <strong>300+ integrations</strong>, Meshery's
repositories are organized across two GitHub organizations:
</p>
<ul>
<li>🏗 <strong><a href="https://github.com/meshery">github.com/meshery</a></strong> — Core platform: Meshery Server, Meshery Operator, MeshSync, mesheryctl, and canonical components. Governed by the core Meshery maintainers with structured release cycles and full support.</li>
<li>🔌 <strong><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions">github.com/meshery-extensions</a></strong> — Community-driven extensions, adapters, plugins, and integrations. Each extension operates on its own release cycle with its own maintainers, acting as an incubator for new ideas and integrations.</li>
</ul>
<p>
This structure — inspired by Kubernetes (<code>kubernetes-sigs</code>), Crossplane (<code>crossplane-contrib</code>),
and Argo (<code>argoproj-labs</code>) — enables the core team to stay focused while the community innovates
freely. Extensions operate on independent release cycles with their own maintainers, providing a clear
incubation space for new integrations and tooling. Read the full story:
<a href="https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/03/04/scaling-organizational-structure-with-mesherys-expanding-ecosystem/">
Scaling organizational structure with Meshery's expanding ecosystem</a> (CNCF Blog, March 2026).
</p>
<h3>Top Extensions</h3>
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<h4 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kanvas-site">Kanvas</a> <a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kanvas-site/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/meshery-extensions/kanvas-site.svg?style=social&label=Star" alt="GitHub Stars" /></a></h4>
<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/200984402?s=100&v=4"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="50px" height="50px" alt="Kanvas" align="left" />
<p><strong>Visual Designer</strong> — Kanvas is a visual, collaborative designer and operator for cloud native infrastructure. Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and cloud native configurations using a drag-and-drop canvas experience.</p>
<p align="left">
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kanvas-site/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery-extensions/kanvas-site.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kanvas-site.svg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery-extensions/kanvas-site/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="Help wanted issues" /></a>
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<td style="padding: 28px;">
<h4 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/layer5io/kanvas-docker-extension">Layer5 Cloud</a> <a href="https://github.com/layer5io/kanvas-docker-extension/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/layer5io/kanvas-docker-extension?style=social" alt="GitHub Stars" /></a></h4>
<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/200984402?s=100&v=4"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="50px" height="50px" alt="Layer5 Cloud" align="left" />
<p><strong>Cloud Platform</strong> — Layer5 Cloud is the hosted platform offering identity, team management, and catalog services for Meshery. Enables multi-user collaboration, organization management, and access to the Meshery Catalog.</p>
<p align="left">
<a href="https://github.com/layer5io/kanvas-docker-extension/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/layer5io/kanvas-docker-extension.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/layer5io/kanvas-docker-extension/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/layer5io/kanvas-docker-extension/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="Help wanted issues" /></a>
</p>
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<td style="padding: 28px;">
<h4 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery/meshery/tree/master/install/docker-extension">Meshery Docker Extension</a> <a href="https://github.com/meshery/meshery/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/meshery/meshery?style=social" alt="GitHub Stars" /></a></h4>
<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/200984402?s=100&v=4"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="50px" height="50px" alt="Meshery Docker Extension" align="left" />
<p><strong>Docker Extension</strong> — Extends Docker Desktop with Meshery. Allows users to deploy, manage, and visualize cloud native infrastructure directly from Docker Desktop without leaving their local development environment.</p>
<p align="left">
<a href="https://github.com/meshery/meshery/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery/meshery.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery/meshery/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery/meshery/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="Help wanted issues" /></a>
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<h4 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot">Kanvas Snapshot Helm Plugin</a> <a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot?style=social" alt="GitHub Stars" /></a></h4>
<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/200984402?s=100&v=4"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="50px" height="50px" alt="Kanvas Snapshot Helm Plugin" align="left" />
<p><strong>Helm Plugin</strong> — A Helm plugin that generates a Kanvas snapshot of your Helm chart. Provides a visual preview of Kubernetes resources defined in a Helm chart, making it easier to review and share infrastructure designs.</p>
<p align="left">
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="Help wanted issues" /></a>
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<p align="center">
🔗 <strong>Explore all extensions:</strong> <a href="https://meshery.io/extensions">meshery.io/extensions</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;
🔌 <strong>Browse the extensions org:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions">github.com/meshery-extensions</a>
</p>
</div>
<!-- Extensions section -->
<div>
<h2>Extensions</h2>
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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meshery/.github/master/profile/assets/img/meshery-extensions-github-light.png"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="250px" alt="Meshery Extensions" align="left" />
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<p>
Meshery supports 300+ integrations across adapters, providers, CLI plugins, and more. To improve modularity and community ownership, Meshery maintainers partitioned repositories into <a href="https://github.com/meshery">github.com/meshery</a> (core platform) and <a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions">github.com/meshery-extensions</a> (extensions and integrations). Extensions are largely community-initiated and maintained with lighter governance than core components. <a href="https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/03/04/scaling-organizational-structure-with-mesherys-expanding-ecosystem/">Read the CNCF blog post on Meshery's expanding ecosystem</a>.
</p>
<p>
Browse user-facing extensions including Kanvas, Catalog, and CLI plugins at <a href="https://meshery.io/extensions">meshery.io/extensions</a>.
</p>
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<td style="padding: 28px;">
<h2 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/meshery-extensions-packages">meshery-extensions-packages</a></h2>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meshery/.github/master/profile/assets/img/meshery-extensions-color.svg"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="75px" alt="Meshery Extensions" align="left" />
<p>Public registry for Meshery remote provider packages, Kanvas assets, snapshots, and embedded designs across the extended ecosystem.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/meshery-extensions-packages/graphs/contributors"><img
src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery-extensions/meshery-extensions-packages.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/meshery-extensions-packages/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery-extensions/meshery-extensions-packages/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="meshery-extensions-packages repo issues with help wanted label" /></a>
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<!-- kanvas-snapshot -->
<td style="padding: 28px;">
<h2 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kanvas-snapshot">kanvas-snapshot</a></h2>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meshery/.github/master/profile/assets/img/meshery-extensions-color.svg"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="75px" alt="Meshery Extensions" align="left" />
<p>Core rendering library for visual topology captures, state comparison, and design export workflows across Kanvas extensions.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kanvas-snapshot/graphs/contributors"><img
src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery-extensions/kanvas-snapshot.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kanvas-snapshot/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery-extensions/kanvas-snapshot/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="kanvas-snapshot repo issues with help wanted label" /></a>
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<!-- kubectl-kanvas-snapshot -->
<td style="padding: 28px;">
<h2 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kubectl-kanvas-snapshot">kubectl-kanvas-snapshot</a></h2>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meshery/.github/master/profile/assets/img/meshery-extensions-color.svg"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="75px" alt="Meshery Extensions" align="left" />
<p><code>kubectl</code> plugin for generating exportable architectural snapshots of live Kubernetes clusters.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kubectl-kanvas-snapshot/graphs/contributors"><img
src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery-extensions/kubectl-kanvas-snapshot.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/kubectl-kanvas-snapshot/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery-extensions/kubectl-kanvas-snapshot/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="kubectl-kanvas-snapshot repo issues with help wanted label" /></a>
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<tr>
<!-- helm-kanvas-snapshot -->
<td style="padding: 28px;">
<h2 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot">helm-kanvas-snapshot</a></h2>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meshery/.github/master/profile/assets/img/meshery-extensions-color.svg"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="75px" alt="Meshery Extensions" align="left" />
<p>Helm plugin for generating visual architectural snapshots directly from packaged Helm charts.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot/graphs/contributors"><img
src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery-extensions/helm-kanvas-snapshot/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="helm-kanvas-snapshot repo issues with help wanted label" /></a>
</p>
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<!-- shape-builder -->
<td style="padding: 28px;">
<h2 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/shape-builder">shape-builder</a></h2>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meshery/.github/master/profile/assets/img/meshery-extensions-color.svg"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="75px" alt="Meshery Extensions" align="left" />
<p>Meshery extension for creating custom polygon shapes for Meshery components in Kanvas.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/shape-builder/graphs/contributors"><img
src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery-extensions/shape-builder.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/shape-builder/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery-extensions/shape-builder/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="shape-builder repo issues with help wanted label" /></a>
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<td style="padding: 28px;">
<h2 align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/meshery-nighthawk">meshery-nighthawk</a></h2>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meshery/.github/master/profile/assets/img/meshery-extensions-color.svg"
style="margin-right:10px;" width="75px" alt="Meshery Extensions" align="left" />
<p>Extension adapter for managing and orchestrating Nighthawk distributed layer-seven performance benchmarking.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/meshery-nighthawk/graphs/contributors"><img
src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/meshery-extensions/meshery-nighthawk.svg" alt="GitHub contributors" /></a>
<a href="https://github.com/meshery-extensions/meshery-nighthawk/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/meshery-extensions/meshery-nighthawk/help%20wanted.svg?color=informational" alt="meshery-nighthawk repo issues with help wanted label" /></a>
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<!-- Contributing and Guidelines -->
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<h2>Community and Contributing</h2>
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