period_name=Last%20year&var-metric=commits">more than 100 organizations</a> and currently has <a href=https://eng.istio.io/maintainers>70 maintainers from 14 different companies</a>. This trend is the kind of contributor diversity the project’s founders intended, and nurturing it remains a priority. Google is excited about what the future holds for Istio, and hopes you’ll be a part of it.</p></div><nav class=pagenav><div class=left><a title="An alternative sidecar proxy for Istio." href=/v1.21/blog/2020