apache/ambari
Apache Ambari simplifies provisioning, managing, and monitoring of Apache Hadoop clusters. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
79/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 7
- age_days: 5458
- days_rel: 503
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
2311 stars · 1739 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Apache Ambari is an open-source tool for provisioning, managing, and monitoring Apache Hadoop clusters. It provides a browser-based management UI backed by RESTful APIs, plus metrics collection and alerting via Ambari Metrics and the Alert Framework.
Use cases
- install a Hadoop cluster across many hosts with a step-by-step wizard
- start, stop, and reconfigure Hadoop services from a central web UI
- monitor cluster health and get alerts when a node goes down or disk space is low
- integrate Hadoop provisioning and monitoring into custom apps via REST APIs
- manage a Bigtop Hadoop stack on Rocky Linux servers
When to choose
- you operate Hadoop or Bigtop clusters on supported Linux distributions and want a GUI plus REST API for lifecycle management
- you need built-in metrics collection and alerting for Hadoop services
- you want wizard-driven provisioning instead of manual configuration
When to avoid
- you run Kubernetes-native or cloud-managed big data platforms instead of traditional Hadoop clusters
- your OS is not among the supported 64-bit distributions (Rocky Linux 8/9, OpenEuler 22)
- you need a lightweight agentless tool rather than a server/agent architecture
Facets
application · maturity active
monitoring alerting deployment configuration-management web-framework api-framework big-data monitoring self-hosted microservices self-hosted python jvm hadoop cluster-management provisioning bigtop rest-api web-ui devops linux web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/apache/ambari · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5be82ae5f7e9
- homepage: https://ambari.apache.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · c40837976134
- site_page: https://ambari.apache.org/docs/3.0.0/introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · a18ad9568de2
- site_page: https://ambari.apache.org/docs/next/introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · bf5a648161a9
- site_page: https://ambari.apache.org/docs/2.7.9/introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · adcbba047d77
- site_page: https://ambari.apache.org/docs/2.7.8/introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2d5d685a53c4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| apache/ambari | main | 79 |
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