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Kubernetes

Container orchestration platform for production workloads

114.0K stars 4.0K contributors Since 2020
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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

  • AWS ECS
  • Docker Swarm
  • Nomad

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

Tags

  • container-orchestration
  • microservices
  • auto-scaling
  • self-healing
  • service-discovery
  • cncf