# Azure/draft-classic

A tool for developers to create cloud-native applications on Kubernetes.

Repository: https://github.com/Azure/draft-classic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/draft-classic
Homepage: https://draft.sh
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, helm, developer-tools, containers
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-06-12T21:34:41+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": 3407, "days_push": 812, "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 3889, forks 382 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:28.325932+00:00)

## What it is
Draft is a Go CLI tool that helps developers containerize applications and deploy them to Kubernetes quickly. It generates Dockerfiles and Helm charts via 'draft create' and builds/deploys via 'draft up', targeting the inner development loop before code is committed.

## Use cases
- containerize an existing app for kubernetes
- generate helm charts and dockerfiles automatically
- deploy local code changes to a kubernetes dev cluster fast
- bootstrap cloud-native app scaffolding
- set up a fast inner-loop dev workflow on k8s

## When to choose
- you want to get an app running on kubernetes with minimal k8s knowledge
- you need quick dockerfile and helm chart generation for an existing codebase
- you want fast local iteration against a kubernetes dev sandbox

## When to avoid
- you need a fully supported production deployment pipeline rather than a dev-loop tool
- you don't use kubernetes or helm
- you need a tool under heavy active development - this classic version is in maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, container-orchestration, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, cloud-computing
- platform: cli, cross-platform, go
- tags: kubernetes, helm, containerization, developer-workflow, inner-loop, cloud-native, containers, devops, docker

## Member repositories
- Azure/draft-classic (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:28.325932+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 2026-08-29T18:25:38.099914+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Azure/draft-classic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:28.325932+00:00, sha 7856905f4235)
  - homepage: https://draft.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T09:19:30.302035+00:00, sha 45ce83d3bdea)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.