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Top Kubernetes repositories on GitHub

Operators, controllers, dashboards, and ecosystem tools for Kubernetes.

Ranked by stars across 4,497 repositories tagged kubernetes. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    kubernetes/kubernetes123,144 · ⑂ 43,258

    Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management

    • kubernetes
    • go
    • cncf
    • containers
  2. 2
    bregman-arie/devops-exercises82,843 · ⑂ 19,581

    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
  3. 3
    netdata/netdata79,330 · ⑂ 6,488

    The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.

    • monitoring
    • docker
    • kubernetes
    • cncf
    • prometheus
    • netdata
  4. 4
    traefik/traefik63,693 · ⑂ 6,045

    The Cloud Native Application Proxy

    • microservice
    • docker
    • marathon
    • mesos
    • consul
    • etcd
  5. 5
    minio/minio61,198 · ⑂ 7,600

    MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license.

    • go
    • storage
    • cloud
    • s3
    • objectstorage
    • cloudstorage
  6. 6
    etcd-io/etcd51,865 · ⑂ 10,395

    Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system

    • etcd
    • raft
    • distributed-systems
    • kubernetes
    • go
    • database
  7. 7
    GitHubDaily/GitHubDaily46,836 · ⑂ 4,646

    坚持分享 GitHub 上高质量、有趣实用的开源技术教程、开发者工具、编程网站、技术资讯。A list cool, interesting projects of GitHub.

    • github
    • open-source
    • ai
    • java
    • python
    • web
  8. 8
    LeCoupa/awesome-cheatsheets46,061 · ⑂ 6,708

    👩‍💻👨‍💻 Awesome cheatsheets for popular programming languages, frameworks and development tools. They include everything you should know in one single file.

    • cheatsheets
    • javascript
    • bash
    • nodejs
    • cheatsheet
    • database
  9. 9
    Kong/kong43,633 · ⑂ 5,155

    🦍 The API and AI Gateway

    • api-gateway
    • microservices
    • api-management
    • serverless
    • apis
    • reverse-proxy
  10. 10
    istio/istio38,231 · ⑂ 8,327

    Connect, secure, control, and observe services.

    • microservices
    • service-mesh
    • lyft-envoy
    • kubernetes
    • api-management
    • circuit-breaker
  11. 11
    ToolJet/ToolJet38,046 · ⑂ 5,124

    ToolJet is the open-source foundation of ToolJet AI - the enterprise app generation platform for building internal tools, dashboard, business applications, workflows and AI agents 🚀

    • javascript
    • internal-tools
    • self-hosted
    • reactjs
    • no-code
    • typescript
  12. 12
    portainer/portainer37,769 · ⑂ 2,845

    Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.

    • docker
    • docker-swarm
    • ui
    • docker-deployment
    • docker-compose
    • docker-container
  13. 13
    aquasecurity/trivy36,508 · ⑂ 482

    Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more

    • security
    • security-tools
    • docker
    • containers
    • vulnerability-scanners
    • vulnerability-detection
  14. 14
    derailed/k9s33,993 · ⑂ 2,196

    🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

    • k9s
    • kubernetes
    • kubernetes-cli
    • kubernetes-clusters
    • k8s
    • k8s-cluster
  15. 15
    k3s-io/k3s33,291 · ⑂ 2,675

    Lightweight Kubernetes

    • kubernetes
    • k8s
  16. 16
    alibaba/nacos33,044 · ⑂ 13,286

    an easy-to-use dynamic service discovery, configuration and service management platform for building AI cloud native applications.

    • nacos
    • dubbo
    • kubernetes
    • istio
    • spring-cloud
    • microservices
  17. 17
    seaweedfs/seaweedfs33,042 · ⑂ 2,857

    SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system for object storage (S3), file systems, and Iceberg tables, designed to handle billions of files with O(1) disk access and effortless horizontal scaling.

    • distributed-storage
    • distributed-systems
    • s3
    • hdfs
    • fuse
    • distributed-file-system
  18. 18
    podman-container-tools/podman32,068 · ⑂ 3,156

    Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

    • containers
    • docker
    • kubernetes
    • linux
    • oci
  19. 19
    dokku/dokku31,950 · ⑂ 2,052

    A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications

    • dokku
    • paas
    • heroku
    • docker
    • kubernetes
    • nomad
  20. 20
    kubernetes/minikube31,890 · ⑂ 5,254

    Run Kubernetes locally

    • minikube
    • kubernetes
    • cluster
    • containers
    • go
    • cncf
  21. 21
    hashicorp/consul29,954 · ⑂ 4,609

    Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.

    • consul
    • service-mesh
    • service-discovery
    • kubernetes
    • vault
    • ecs
  22. 22
    helm/helm29,893 · ⑂ 7,661

    The Kubernetes Package Manager

    • cncf
    • chart
    • kubernetes
    • helm
    • charts
  23. 23
    MichaelCade/90DaysOfDevOps29,510 · ⑂ 6,738

    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
  24. 24
    abiosoft/colima29,376 · ⑂ 582

    Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup

    • docker
    • docker-compose
    • kubernetes
    • containers
    • macos
    • k8s
  25. 25
    goharbor/harbor28,746 · ⑂ 5,261

    An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content.

    • cncf
    • container
    • registry
    • helm
    • cloud-native
    • containers

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