# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/glasskube
Homepage: https://glasskube.dev/docs/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cloud-native, glasskube, golang, kubernetes, package-manager, devops, devops-tools, go, package, cobra, cobra-cli, htmx, kubebuilder, kubernetes-operator, giscuss, docusaurus, cncf, containers
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-06-14T05:40:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 40, longevity 68
- inputs: {"age_days": 965, "days_push": 80, "days_rel": 603, "gap_med": 3.5, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3493, forks 201 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.243221+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, cli, gui, deployment, container-orchestration, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: go, windows, cli, self-hosted
- tags: kubernetes-operator, gitops, helm-alternative, cncf, package-repository, cobra-cli, htmx, containers, devops, kubernetes, macos, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- glasskube/glasskube (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.243221+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 2026-08-29T18:35:56.037002+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://glasskube.dev/docs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:30:08.407197+00:00, sha b0e42c33f6e7)
  - site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/getting-started/install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:30:08.409811+00:00, sha 92a1f0692839)
  - site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/components/client (fetched 2026-08-29T09:30:08.411590+00:00, sha b37585a4f381)
  - site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/integration/gitops (fetched 2026-08-29T09:30:08.413219+00:00, sha 0afb84488ae3)
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  - site_page: https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/comparisons/helm (fetched 2026-08-29T09:30:08.418950+00:00, sha 1b44f37ab4be)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.