# kubernetes-retired/contrib

[EOL] This is a place for various components in the Kubernetes ecosystem that aren't part of the Kubernetes core.

Repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/contrib
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/contrib
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-04-17T03:02:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4038, "days_push": 2695, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2440, forks 1653 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:51.596946+00:00)

## What it is
A retired collection of miscellaneous Kubernetes ecosystem components that were not part of the Kubernetes core, written in Go. The repository is end-of-life and its projects have been moved to more appropriate repositories.

## Use cases
- find old kubernetes contrib components
- locate where a kubernetes contrib subproject moved
- study historical kubernetes ecosystem code
- reference ingress controller origins in kubernetes contrib

## When to choose
- you need to trace the history of a component that once lived in kubernetes/contrib
- you are researching legacy Kubernetes ecosystem code

## When to avoid
- you want actively maintained Kubernetes add-ons
- you want to contribute new ecosystem components
- you need production-ready Kubernetes tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, container-orchestration, deployment
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: go, cloud
- tags: kubernetes, end-of-life, contrib, ecosystem-components, archived, containers, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- kubernetes-retired/contrib (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.596946+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 2026-08-30T02:30:44.571395+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/contrib (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.596946+00:00, sha c65c021550c7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.