Open source governance projects
Every project in the registry tagged governance, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
Unified Policy as Code
AI Agent Governance Toolkit — Policy enforcement, zero-trust identity, execution sandboxing, and reliability engineering for autonomous AI agents. Covers 10/10
Jupiter: Governance-oriented Microservice Framework.
The context orchestration layer powered by hypergraphs. Build a unified semantic context layer where agentic outcomes are deterministic and agent behavior is no
YAO = Yielding AI Outcomes. A rigorous engineering, evaluation, governance, and portability system for reusable agent skills.
AI governance made simple, secure, and compliant
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source governance projects are there?
This registry tracks 6 projects tagged governance, with 25,348 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is kyverno at 8,310 stars.
Are these governance projects free to use?
Yes — 5 of the 6 carry an explicit open-source licence across 2 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which governance project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these governance projects still maintained?
6 of the 6 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.