# hasura/gitkube

Build and deploy docker images to Kubernetes using git push

Repository: https://github.com/hasura/gitkube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gitkube
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, git, docker, continuous-deployment, ci-cd, k8s, golang, developer-tools
Last push: 2023-08-31T07:48:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3100, "days_push": 1098, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3846, forks 197 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:24.152787+00:00)

## What it is
Gitkube is a Kubernetes tool that builds and deploys Docker images to a cluster simply by running `git push` to a configured git remote. It uses a custom Remote CRD and controller to handle SSH-key authentication, image building, and deployment updates.

## Use cases
- deploy docker images to kubernetes with git push
- set up git push based continuous deployment
- push a wip branch to a dev cluster to test changes
- build and deploy containers without a full ci pipeline
- implement git-based automation on a kubernetes cluster
- multi-tenant namespace-scoped deployments via ssh keys

## When to choose
- you want dead-simple git push deploys to kubernetes for development
- you only have git and kubectl and want no extra dependencies
- you need namespace-based multi-tenancy with ssh key auth and RBAC
- your repo structure is nonstandard and you want no assumptions about it

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured CI/CD pipeline with tests, approvals, and complex workflows
- you want GitOps with declarative repo sync like Argo CD or Flux
- the project appears minimally maintained, with the latest release in 2023
- you deploy to serverless or non-Kubernetes targets

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, ci-cd, container-orchestration, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cli, go
- tags: git-push-deploy, gitops, docker-build, kubernetes-crd, continuous-deployment, devops, containers, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- hasura/gitkube (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:24.152787+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 2026-08-29T18:26:00.734373+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hasura/gitkube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:24.152787+00:00, sha 4c1b8bbcbc2b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.