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Dragonfly

Deliversefficient, stable, and securedata distribution and acceleration powered by P2P technology, with an optional content‑addressable filesystem that accelerates OCI container launch. It is hosted by theCloud Native Computing Foundation(CNCF)as aGraduated Project.

Features

Dragonfly contains many features as an data distribution system.

P2P technology

Based on P2P technology, use the idle bandwidth of Peer toimprove download speed.

Non-intrusive

Non-intrusive support formultiple container runtimes, download tools, AI infrastructure,etc.

Peer configuration

Load limit, concurrent limit, traffic limit,etc. can be configured.

Consistency

Ensures downloaded files areconsistenteven if the user does not check for consistency.

Exception isolation

Isolate exceptionsbased on Service level, Peer level and Task level to improve download stability.

Ecosystem

Provides simple integration withAI infrastructure, container runtimes, container registry, download tools, etc.

Milestones

So far, dragonflies have experienced the following stages of development.

Dragonfly 1.0

v1.0 was open sourced and used in production environments by many companies.

November

2017

1

CNCF Sandbox

Dragonfly joined the CNCF as a sandbox project.

October

2018

2

CNCF Incubating

The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) voted for Dragonfly to became an Incubating Project.

April

2020

3

Dragonfly 2.0

v2.0 was released after architectural optimization and code refactoring.

April

2021

4

CNCF Graduated

The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) voted for Dragonfly to became a Graduated Project.

October

2025

5

Who is
Using
Dragonfly

Efficiency

Stability

Safety

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