apache/cloudstack
Apache CloudStack is an opensource Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- 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: 20.0
- age_days: 4874
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 17
Adoption not part of the score
3031 stars · 1369 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Apache CloudStack is an open-source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform for deploying and managing large networks of virtual machines across public, private, and hybrid clouds. It provides compute orchestration, network-as-a-service, storage management, multi-tenancy, a web UI, CLI tools, and a full RESTful API with optional AWS EC2/S3 compatibility.
Use cases
- deploy a private cloud on my own hardware
- manage virtual machines across kvm and vmware hosts
- build a public cloud offering like aws
- orchestrate compute, storage, and networking for a multi-tenant cloud
- provide self-service vm provisioning with a web ui
- run a hybrid cloud with ec2-compatible api
- manage kubernetes clusters alongside vms
- set up cloud infrastructure with dhcp nat firewall and vpn services
When to choose
- you need a turnkey, full-featured IaaS platform for private or public clouds
- you want hypervisor-agnostic management across KVM, XenServer/XCP-ng, VMware, and Hyper-V
- you need multi-tenancy, account management, and resource accounting out of the box
- you want an open-source alternative to VMware vCloud or OpenStack with a simpler operational model
When to avoid
- you only need container orchestration without VMs - use Kubernetes directly
- you want a lightweight single-node virtualization manager like Proxmox for a homelab
- you need a public-cloud-only tool for provisioning AWS/GCP/Azure resources - use Terraform or cloud CLIs instead
- your team cannot operate a complex Java-based management server with dedicated infrastructure
Facets
application · maturity stable
cloud deployment workflow-automation networking api-framework self-hosted cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted networking jvm python self-hosted iaas cloud-orchestration multi-hypervisor kvm vmware xenserver private-cloud hybrid-cloud ec2-compatible-api multi-tenancy virtualization devops linux web-server docker
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7b63ffdf77ba
- homepage: https://cloudstack.apache.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3a6300d86c08
- site_page: https://cloudstack.apache.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 550edcf2d74d
- site_page: https://cloudstack.apache.org/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · fce2b46eacf8
- site_page: https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 007630900312
- site_page: https://cloudstack.apache.org/integrations · fetched 2026-08-29 · 35d35d0e280a
- site_page: https://cloudstack.apache.org/api · fetched 2026-08-29 · 94dfd3e11ff7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| apache/cloudstack | main | 99 |
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