# k8gb-io/k8gb

A cloud native Kubernetes Global Balancer

Repository: https://github.com/k8gb-io/k8gb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/k8gb
Homepage: https://www.k8gb.io/latest/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: gslb, kubernetes-operator, k8s, cloud-native, balancer, kubernetes-global-balancer, kubernetes-services, dns-lb, dns-lb-service, kubernetes, kubernetes-controller, hacktoberfest, cncf
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:14:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 79, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2471, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 61, "gap_med": 65, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1302, forks 162 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.132932+00:00)

## What it is
K8GB (Kubernetes Global Balancer) is a CNCF Incubating, open-source global server load balancing (GSLB) solution for Kubernetes, implemented as a Kubernetes operator in Go. It load-balances traffic across geographically dispersed Kubernetes clusters using DNS-based strategies (failover, round-robin, weighted) configured via a single Gslb CRD, with integrations for Route53, Infoblox, Cloudflare, NS1, Azure DNS, and RFC2136-compatible DNS servers.

## Use cases
- load balance traffic across multiple Kubernetes clusters in different regions
- configure DNS failover between primary and secondary Kubernetes clusters for high availability
- replace proprietary hardware GSLB appliances with a cloud native solution
- enable global load balancing for a Kubernetes Ingress using a single CRD
- use Kubernetes liveness and readiness probes to drive global traffic routing decisions
- set up multi-cluster DNS-based load balancing with Route53 or Cloudflare
- avoid a single point of failure in global load balancing without a dedicated management cluster

## When to choose
- you run Kubernetes workloads across multiple geographic regions or clusters and need DNS-based global load balancing
- you want a Kubernetes-native GSLB managed via CRDs and Helm instead of proprietary network vendor appliances
- you need region failover, round-robin, or weighted round-robin strategies driven by Kubernetes health probes
- you use Route53, Infoblox, Cloudflare, NS1, Azure DNS, or RFC2136-compatible DNS providers
- you want an open-source, CNCF-governed solution with no single point of failure

## When to avoid
- you only need load balancing within a single Kubernetes cluster (a standard Service or Ingress controller suffices)
- you need layer-4/layer-7 proxying or traffic splitting at the request level rather than DNS-level routing
- your environment cannot use or expose DNS as the traffic steering mechanism
- you require latency-based routing with sub-second failover, since DNS TTLs introduce propagation delays
- you are not running Kubernetes, as k8gb is tightly coupled to the Kubernetes ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: networking, service-discovery, routing
- domain: cloud-computing, networking, infrastructure-as-code, microservices
- platform: cloud, self-hosted, go
- tags: gslb, global-load-balancing, dns-based-load-balancing, cncf-incubating, multi-cluster, kubernetes-operator, failover, route53, infoblox, cloudflare, helm-chart, cross-region, load-balancing, kubernetes, devops, high-availability, docker

## Member repositories
- k8gb-io/k8gb (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.132932+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 2026-08-30T04:52:09.993323+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/k8gb-io/k8gb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.132932+00:00, sha c9ee6e299a2d)
  - homepage: https://www.k8gb.io/latest/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:09:26.702922+00:00, sha 905cca3fe5f2)
  - site_page: https://www.k8gb.io/latest/tutorials (fetched 2026-08-29T12:09:26.712038+00:00, sha 7b3419ee6204)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.