# aws-controllers-k8s/community

AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) is a project enabling you to manage AWS services from Kubernetes

Repository: https://github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/community
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aws-controllers-k8s-community
Homepage: https://aws-controllers-k8s.github.io/docs/
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: aws, kubernetes-controller
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:02:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2504, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2632, forks 275 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:06.097122+00:00)

## What it is
AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) is a collection of Kubernetes custom resource definitions and controllers that let you define and manage AWS service resources (S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, and more) directly from Kubernetes manifests. It provides a common runtime, code generator, and 50+ service controllers enabling declarative, GitOps-friendly AWS infrastructure management.

## Use cases
- provision aws resources from kubernetes yaml
- manage aws infrastructure with gitops
- create s3 buckets and rds databases via kubernetes crds
- replace terraform for aws resource management in k8s
- drift detection and reconciliation of aws resources
- manage aws resources across accounts and regions from one cluster

## When to choose
- your workloads run on kubernetes and you want aws dependencies managed declaratively in-cluster
- you practice gitops and want infrastructure manifests versioned alongside app code
- you want kubernetes-native reconciliation and drift detection for aws resources

## When to avoid
- you don't use kubernetes - use terraform, cloudformation, or pulumi instead
- you need a service controller still in the Preview maintenance phase for production
- you need complex multi-cloud provisioning beyond aws services

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: infrastructure-as-code, container-orchestration, cloud, deployment, configuration-management
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: cloud, go, self-hosted
- tags: kubernetes-operators, aws, crds, gitops, declarative-infrastructure, eks, containers, devops, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- aws-controllers-k8s/community (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.097122+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:19:35.889389+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/community (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.097122+00:00, sha fbe891bc286c)
  - homepage: https://aws-controllers-k8s.github.io/docs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:02:44.982615+00:00, sha 56b7f94a1ff9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.