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Cluster API Provider Hetzner :rocket: The best way to manage Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner, fully declarative, Kubernetes-native and with self-healing capabilities observed · 2026-09-03

github.com/syself/cluster-api-provider-hetzner · homepage · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-09-03

Health v2 · maintenance only

99/100

  • Activity 100
  • Release rhythm 96
  • 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: 16
  • age_days: 1834
  • days_rel: 30
  • days_push: 0
  • n_releases_24m: 22

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Adoption not part of the score

1131 stars · 106 forks observed · 2026-09-03

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Cluster API Provider Hetzner (CAPH) is a Kubernetes Cluster API provider that enables declarative, Kubernetes-native creation and management of Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner Cloud and Hetzner bare-metal infrastructure. It extends the Kubernetes API with CRDs and offers self-healing, high-availability cluster operations.

Use cases

  • provision kubernetes clusters on hetzner declaratively
  • manage hetzner bare metal kubernetes nodes with cluster api
  • self-healing kubernetes cluster lifecycle on hcloud
  • create hybrid cloud and bare-metal kubernetes clusters
  • automate kubernetes cluster upgrades on hetzner
  • multi-tenant kubernetes cluster management on hetzner

When to choose

  • You run Kubernetes on Hetzner Cloud or Hetzner Robot bare-metal servers and want Cluster API-based declarative management
  • You need self-healing machine health checks and remediation for cluster nodes
  • You want a Kubernetes-native, GitOps-friendly alternative to manual cluster provisioning
  • You need both cloud VMs and dedicated bare-metal servers in one cluster

When to avoid

  • You use a cloud provider other than Hetzner - pick the matching Cluster API provider
  • You want a fully managed Kubernetes service rather than self-managed clusters
  • You are not familiar with Cluster API concepts and don't want to learn them
  • You need turnkey production add-ons like CNI and node images out of the box - these must be prepared separately

Facets

infra-config · maturity active

infrastructure-as-code container-orchestration deployment cloud configuration-management cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted go cloud self-hosted cluster-api kubernetes-operator hetzner hcloud bare-metal k8s-cluster-lifecycle declarative-infrastructure self-healing devops containers kubernetes linux

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