10 Open-Source projects from KubeCon Project Pavillion

A tour of 10 open-source projects showcased at the KubeCon Atlanta 2025 Project Pavilion, featuring short interviews with maintainers. Projects covered include: Copacetic (container image patching without rebuilding), External Secrets (secrets management, seeking contributors), Dapr (microservices runtime with workflow orchestration and AI agent support), Drasi (real-time reactive data change detection), K3s (lightweight Kubernetes distribution applying for CNCF incubation), Inspector Gadget (eBPF-based cluster observability with new TCPdump gadget), Kubescape (Kubernetes security platform integrating Inspector Gadget for runtime threat detection), Fluent Bit/Fluentd (log and data routing agents, releasing v4.2), Flux (GitOps continuous delivery for Kubernetes, v2.7 with monorepo support), and Headlamp (graphical UI for Kubernetes, now an official Kubernetes sub-project).