# docker-archive-public/docker.compose-on-kubernetes

Deploy applications described in Compose onto Kubernetes clusters

Repository: https://github.com/docker-archive-public/docker.compose-on-kubernetes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dockercompose-on-kubernetes
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-14T13:46:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2842, "days_push": 1661, "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 1412, forks 156 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:39.031515+00:00)

## What it is
Compose on Kubernetes is a Go-based controller that deploys applications described in Docker Compose files onto Kubernetes clusters via a custom API. It is officially no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- deploy docker compose files to kubernetes
- run compose stacks on a kubernetes cluster
- use docker stack deploy with kubernetes orchestrator
- translate compose services into kubernetes objects
- manage multi-service apps on kubernetes from compose yaml

## When to choose
- you must reproduce legacy Docker Desktop Compose-on-Kubernetes workflows
- you maintain an environment already depending on the compose.docker.com API

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - the project is unmaintained
- you want current Compose-to-Kubernetes tooling (use Kompose instead)
- you need security patches or support for recent Kubernetes versions

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: deployment, container-orchestration, configuration-management
- domain: cloud-computing
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: docker-compose, kubernetes-operator, stack-deployment, deprecated, docker-desktop, containers, devops, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- docker-archive-public/docker.compose-on-kubernetes (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.031515+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 2026-08-30T04:38:20.159146+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/docker-archive-public/docker.compose-on-kubernetes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.031515+00:00, sha 070bda911cba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.