DevOps & Infra Orchestration mature
Kubernetes
Container orchestration platform for production workloads
114.0K stars
4.0K contributors
Since 2020
Container orchestration platform for production workloads
License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
2 GB
Min CPUs
2 cores
Scaling
distributed
Complexity
advanced
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✓
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: container-orchestration
- ✓ Primary: auto-scaling
- ✓ Primary: service-mesh
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ Complex for small teams
- ✕ Overkill for simple deployments
- ✕ Steep learning curve
- ✕ Resource-heavy control plane
Compare with alternatives
Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
Go
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary
Community
GitHub stars 114.0K
Contributors 4.0K
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing CNCF
Funding foundation
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
mediumenterprise
Industries
general