Kubernetes

Container orchestration platform

82
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Medium risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Maintainers

Jessie Frazelle
Jessie Frazelle
Container Pioneer
Kelsey Hightower
Kelsey Hightower
Kubernetes Advocate

Overview

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Importance

  • Industry standard for container orchestration
  • Powers cloud infrastructure worldwide
  • Foundation of cloud-native computing
  • Used by most major enterprises

Key Features

  • Automatic scaling and load balancing
  • Service discovery and networking
  • Self-healing capabilities
  • Rolling updates and rollbacks

Sustainability

Kubernetes is supported by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) with strong corporate backing from Google, Red Hat, Microsoft, and many others.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (4)
containerd 88
etcd 82
CoreDNS 77
Linux Kernel 88
Kubernetes
containers
⬇️ Used By (5)
Argo CD 90
Flux 71
Helm 90
Istio 90
Rook 84

Dependency Chain

Upstream
containerd → etcd → CoreDNS → +1 more →
Kubernetes
→ Argo CD → Flux → Helm → +2 more
Downstream

Impact Analysis

4 Direct Dependencies
5 Dependent Projects
🔗 Middleware project

⚠️ Impact Risk: Changes to Kubernetes could affect 5 downstream projects.

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