# gravitational/gravity

Kubernetes application deployments for restricted, regulated, or remote environments

Repository: https://github.com/gravitational/gravity
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gravitational-gravity
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, package, on-premise, deployments, multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-06-28T21:41:58+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": 2932, "days_push": 1162, "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 1079, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.256404+00:00)

## What it is
Gravity is a Kubernetes packaging toolkit that creates portable 'cluster images' (tar files) containing Kubernetes binaries, a built-in registry, and application containers for reproducible deployments. It was archived in July 2023 and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- package a kubernetes cluster into a portable image
- deploy kubernetes apps in air-gapped environments
- install kubernetes on-premise without internet access
- replicate identical kubernetes clusters across environments
- deploy kubernetes in regulated or restricted environments

## When to choose
- you need fully offline, air-gapped Kubernetes deployments and can accept an unmaintained tool
- you must replicate an identical cluster image across locked-down environments

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - the repository is archived and unsupported
- you want a maintained solution - use a certified Kubernetes distribution instead

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: deployment, container-orchestration, package-manager, cli
- domain: cloud-computing, self-hosted
- platform: go, cli
- tags: kubernetes, cluster-images, air-gapped, on-premise, archived, containers, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- gravitational/gravity (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.256404+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 2026-08-30T06:53:03.937289+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gravitational/gravity (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.256404+00:00, sha dbc37faeb38a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.