kubernetes-retired/heapster
[EOL] Compute Resource Usage Analysis and Monitoring of Container Clusters observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
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: n/a
- age_days: 4392
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2833
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2634 stars · 1230 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Heapster was a container cluster monitoring and performance analysis tool for Kubernetes that collected compute resource usage and lifecycle events, with pluggable storage sinks like InfluxDB and Stackdriver. It has been officially retired and is no longer maintained, with users directed to metrics-server or Prometheus-based pipelines.
Use cases
- monitor cpu and memory usage of kubernetes containers
- collect resource metrics from a kubernetes cluster
- analyze container cluster performance
- export kubernetes metrics to influxdb or stackdriver
- track container lifecycle events in a cluster
- set up autoscaling metrics for kubernetes
When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy Kubernetes cluster that already depends on Heapster
- you need to understand or extend an old monitoring setup built on Heapster
When to avoid
- you are starting a new Kubernetes monitoring setup - use metrics-server or Prometheus instead
- you need HPA metrics - use metrics-server
- you need general cluster monitoring - use a Prometheus-based pipeline
- you expect bug fixes or support - the project is retired
Facets
service · maturity abandoned
monitoring monitoring cloud-computing go self-hosted kubernetes container-monitoring resource-usage retired deprecated metrics-pipeline cluster-monitoring metrics-collection containers devops docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/heapster · fetched 2026-08-28 · bb3b01e0f3be
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kubernetes-retired/heapster | main | 10 |
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