Project Summary
Project Calico represents a new approach to virtual networking, based on the same scalable IP networking principles as the Internet. Unlike other virtual networking approaches, Calico does not use overlays, instead providing a pure Layer 3 approach to data center networking. Calico is simple to deploy and diagnose, provides a rich security policy, supports both IPv4 and IPv6 and can be used across a combination of bare-metal, VM and container workloads.
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 165 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in January, 2015
ending with its most recent commit 3 days ago
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