# casosorg/casos

CasOS: a cloud operating system built on Kubernetes, Live Demo: https://demo.casos.net

Repository: https://github.com/casosorg/casos
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/casos
Homepage: https://casos.net
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: container, docker, go, golang, k3s, k8s, kubernetes, linux, windows, auth, authorization, casbin, casdoor, control-plane, react
Last push: 2026-08-25T16:30:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3346, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 89}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1215, forks 89 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:01.167382+00:00)

## What it is
CasOS is a cloud operating system built on Kubernetes that embeds the full Kubernetes control plane (API server, controller manager, scheduler) into a single Go binary, using MySQL via kine instead of etcd. It provides a built-in web UI, app store, Casdoor-based SSO authentication, and Casbin authorization layers on top of standard Kubernetes RBAC.

## Use cases
- run a local kubernetes cluster without kubeadm or etcd
- manage kubernetes workloads from a web ui without kubectl
- self-host a lightweight cloud platform with an app store
- add sso and fine-grained authorization to a kubernetes cluster
- scan container images for vulnerabilities before deploying
- stand up a kubernetes environment in minutes on a single machine

## When to choose
- you want kubernetes without cluster bootstrap tooling or YAML
- you need a browser-based dashboard for deployments, services, and storage
- you want built-in SSO via Casdoor and Casbin-based authorization
- you prefer a single binary with MySQL instead of etcd

## When to avoid
- you need a production multi-node cluster with standard etcd HA
- you require full kubectl and ecosystem tooling compatibility without constraints
- you need lightweight container orchestration without a MySQL dependency

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: container-orchestration, auth, authorization, security, web-framework, ui-components
- domain: cloud-computing, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: windows, go, self-hosted
- tags: kubernetes-distribution, embedded-control-plane, cloud-operating-system, casdoor, casbin, app-store, single-binary, web-dashboard, containers, devops, linux, macos, docker, kubernetes, web-server

## Member repositories
- casosorg/casos (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.167382+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 2026-08-30T06:17:15.125894+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/casosorg/casos (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.167382+00:00, sha 4ade48b93964)
  - homepage: https://casos.net (fetched 2026-08-29T12:25:12.891916+00:00, sha b63877ae43d9)
  - site_page: https://www.casos.net/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:25:12.894489+00:00, sha 3ac6c411c496)
  - site_page: https://www.casos.net/docs/get-started (fetched 2026-08-29T12:25:12.897749+00:00, sha 30af1b009f7d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.