Top DevOps repositories on GitHub
CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and platform engineering.
Ranked by stars across 1,863 repositories tagged devops. Refreshed daily.
- 1trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge★ 244,636 · ⑂ 14,351
A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.
- awesome
- awesome-list
- lists
- manuals
- resources
- howtos
- 2bregman-arie/devops-exercises★ 84,521 · ⑂ 20,307
Linux, Jenkins, AWS, SRE, Prometheus, Docker, Python, Ansible, Git, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenStack, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, GCP, DNS, Elastic, Network, Virtualization. DevOps Interview Questions
- devops
- aws
- linux
- ansible
- python
- docker
- 3netdata/netdata★ 80,578 · ⑂ 6,629
The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.
- monitoring
- docker
- kubernetes
- cncf
- prometheus
- netdata
- 4binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability★ 74,049 · ⑂ 7,127
The Patterns of Scalable, Reliable, and Performant Large-Scale Systems
- system-design
- backend
- scalability
- interview
- architecture
- devops
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- 6go-gitea/gitea★ 58,066 · ⑂ 7,154
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
- gitea
- golang
- devops
- git
- gitlab
- github
- 7getsentry/sentry★ 44,802 · ⑂ 4,856
Developer-first error tracking and performance monitoring
- crash-reporting
- crash-reports
- error-monitoring
- monitoring
- devops
- csp-report
- 8Kong/kong★ 44,154 · ⑂ 5,210
🦍 The API and AI Gateway
- api-gateway
- microservices
- api-management
- serverless
- apis
- reverse-proxy
- 9httpie/cli★ 38,534 · ⑂ 4,004
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.
- http
- cli
- client
- terminal
- web
- json
- 10Dokploy/dokploy★ 37,373 · ⑂ 2,976
Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.
- deployment
- self-hosted
- vps
- backend
- backups
- databases
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- 11awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin★ 35,198 · ⑂ 2,104
A curated list of amazingly awesome open-source sysadmin resources.
- awesome
- awesome-list
- sysadmin
- list
- devops
- ops
- 12dokku/dokku★ 32,145 · ⑂ 2,076
A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications
- dokku
- paas
- heroku
- docker
- kubernetes
- nomad
- 13MichaelCade/90DaysOfDevOps★ 29,759 · ⑂ 6,757
This repository started out as a learning in public project for myself and has now become a structured learning map for many in the community. We have 3 years under our belt covering all things DevOps, including Principles, Processes, Tooling and Use Cases surrounding this vast topic.
- devops
- kubernetes
- containers
- iac
- terraform
- ansible
- 14kestra-io/kestra★ 28,164 · ⑂ 3,003
Event Driven Orchestration & Scheduling Platform for Mission Critical Applications
- orchestration
- data-orchestration
- high-availability
- infrastructure-as-code
- automation
- devops
- 15jenkinsci/jenkins★ 26,567 · ⑂ 9,834
Jenkins automation server
- continuous-integration
- continuous-delivery
- continuous-deployment
- java
- groovy
- jenkins
- 16yeasy/docker_practice★ 26,257 · ⑂ 5,780
最新Docker容器技术，从真实案例中学习最佳实践！| Learn and understand Docker&Container technologies, with real DevOps practice!
- docker
- book
- cloud-computing
- container
- kubernetes
- swarm
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- 17floci-io/floci★ 24,706 · ⑂ 2,673
Light, fluffy, and always free - The AWS Local Emulator alternative
- aws
- aws-emulation
- localstack
- devops
- docker
- ec2
- 18containrrr/watchtower★ 24,652 · ⑂ 1,152
A process for automating Docker container base image updates.
- docker
- automation
- receive-notifications
- watchtower
- registry
- notifications
- 19argoproj/argo-cd★ 24,189 · ⑂ 7,857
Declarative Continuous Deployment for Kubernetes
- argo
- kubernetes
- continuous-deployment
- gitops
- continuous-delivery
- docker
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