glasskube/glasskube
🧊 The next generation Package Manager for Kubernetes 📦 Featuring a GUI and a CLI. Glasskube packages are dependency aware, GitOps ready and can get automatic updates via a central public package repository. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 87
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 68
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 3.5
- age_days: 965
- days_rel: 603
- days_push: 80
- n_releases_24m: 13
Adoption not part of the score
3493 stars · 201 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Glasskube is an open-source package manager for Kubernetes that installs, updates, and configures cluster packages via a CLI and a local web GUI. Packages are dependency-aware, represented as Kubernetes custom resources for GitOps compatibility, and served from a central public package repository.
Use cases
- install kubernetes packages without writing helm charts
- manage kubernetes app dependencies automatically
- get a gui for installing software on my k8s cluster
- keep kubernetes packages up to date automatically
- use a package manager for kubernetes that works with argocd gitops
- replace helm with a simpler kubernetes package manager
- bootstrap cert-manager and other cluster tools quickly
When to choose
- you want dependency-aware, automatically updatable Kubernetes packages with a GUI or CLI
- you prefer Homebrew/npm-style workflows over Helm charts and raw manifests
- you run GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux) and want package installs expressed as custom resources
When to avoid
- you already have mature Helm/Kustomize pipelines and don't want a new operator in-cluster
- you need to package highly custom applications not available in the Glasskube repository
- you cannot run additional server-side components (Package Operator, Flux dependency) in your cluster
Facets
application · maturity active
package-manager cli gui deployment container-orchestration developer-tools cloud-computing developer-tools self-hosted go windows cli self-hosted kubernetes-operator gitops helm-alternative cncf package-repository cobra-cli htmx containers devops kubernetes macos linux docker
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube · fetched 2026-08-28 · 32ee5834614f
- homepage: https://glasskube.dev/docs/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · b0e42c33f6e7
- site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/getting-started/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 92a1f0692839
- site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/components/client · fetched 2026-08-29 · b37585a4f381
- site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/integration/gitops · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0afb84488ae3
- site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/design/dependency-management · fetched 2026-08-29 · 068c88c00a20
- site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/reference/package-manifest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 53e68be1541f
- site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/comparisons/helm · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1b44f37ab4be
- site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/design/repositories · fetched 2026-08-29 · dfdeeed51c82
- site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/getting-started/bootstrap · fetched 2026-08-29 · b4fa38958928
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| glasskube/glasskube | main | 10 |
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