# fabric8io/fabric8

fabric8 is an open source microservices platform based on Docker, Kubernetes and Jenkins

Repository: https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fabric8
Homepage: http://fabric8.io/
License Family: other
Topics: developer-tools, microservice, jenkins, ci-cd, continuous-integration, continuous-delivery, continuous, developer-experience, kubernetes, docker, openshift
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-11-06T14:49:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 50, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5621, "days_push": 300, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1749, forks 494 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:31.037567+00:00)

## What it is
fabric8 was an open-source integrated development platform for building and deploying microservices on Kubernetes and OpenShift, built on Docker and Jenkins. The project has been discontinued and archived, with some sub-projects like the Kubernetes Java client, docker-maven-plugin, and Eclipse JKube continuing separately.

## Use cases
- build and deploy microservices on kubernetes
- continuous integration and delivery pipelines for containers
- manage docker images from maven builds
- java client for kubernetes and openshift apis
- generate kubernetes manifests from maven builds

## When to choose
- you need the still-maintained sub-projects like the fabric8 Kubernetes client or Eclipse JKube
- you are referencing historical fabric8 platform documentation

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained microservices platform - the fabric8 suite is discontinued
- you are starting a new project and need long-term support

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ci-cd, deployment, container-orchestration, developer-tools
- domain: microservices, cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: kubernetes, docker, jenkins, openshift, microservices, discontinued, java, devops, containers

## Member repositories
- fabric8io/fabric8 (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.037567+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 2026-08-30T03:28:47.144048+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.037567+00:00, sha 7c9cac963946)
  - homepage: http://fabric8.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:06:59.804952+00:00, sha 7224c417f5f6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.