# clusternet/clusternet

[CNCF Sandbox Project] Managing your Kubernetes clusters (including public, private, edge, etc.) as easily as visiting the Internet

Repository: https://github.com/clusternet/clusternet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clusternet
Homepage: https://clusternet.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cluster-management, distributed-cloud, public-cloud, hybrid-cloud, edge-cloud, cloud-native, kubernetes, multicloud, orchestration, out-of-the-box, multi-cluster-management
Last push: 2026-08-24T21:32:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1913, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 67, "gap_med": 12.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1448, forks 208 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.499373+00:00)

## What it is
Clusternet is a CNCF Sandbox open-source add-on for managing large fleets of Kubernetes clusters across public, private, hybrid, and edge environments from a single hosting cluster. It provides Kubernetes-native APIs, network tunnels for reaching clusters behind firewalls or VPCs, multi-cluster application deployment (Helm charts and Kubernetes resources), and a kubectl plugin.

## Use cases
- manage thousands of kubernetes clusters from one control plane
- deploy helm charts to multiple clusters at once
- access edge or private clusters behind a firewall
- unify multicloud and hybrid cloud cluster management
- register and discover clusters automatically
- visit managed clusters with kubeconfig and rbac
- orchestrate applications across multi-cluster environments

## When to choose
- you run many Kubernetes clusters across clouds, on-prem, or edge
- you want Kubernetes-native APIs and kubectl-style workflows for fleet management
- you need multi-cluster application deployment with per-cluster configuration overrides
- you want an out-of-the-box add-on rather than a full platform replacement

## When to avoid
- you manage only one or two clusters and plain kubectl suffices
- you need a full commercial multi-cluster platform with advanced policy and cost features
- your clusters run older than Kubernetes v1.17
- you need non-Linux control-plane hosts

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, networking, api-framework, cli, configuration-management
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, microservices, self-hosted
- platform: go, cross-platform, cli, self-hosted
- tags: multi-cluster, kubernetes-operator, edge-computing, hybrid-cloud, multicloud, cncf-sandbox, helm, rbac, kubectl-plugin, containers, devops, linux, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- clusternet/clusternet (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.499373+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 2026-08-30T04:36:03.135016+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/clusternet/clusternet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.499373+00:00, sha c17c2edc5259)
  - homepage: https://clusternet.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:45:50.139658+00:00, sha 475bd27c65aa)
  - site_page: https://clusternet.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:45:50.142169+00:00, sha 5c1a280f3624)
  - site_page: https://clusternet.io/docs/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T11:45:50.146224+00:00, sha 615141d900fd)
  - site_page: https://clusternet.io/docs/kubectl-clusternet (fetched 2026-08-29T11:45:50.151298+00:00, sha e6ca18a2dabd)
  - site_page: https://clusternet.io/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T11:45:50.144071+00:00, sha b2d77a2a3443)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.