# GoogleContainerTools/kaniko

Build Container Images In Kubernetes

Repository: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kaniko
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: containers, docker, developer-tools, kubernetes
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-06-03T14:36:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 24, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3138, "days_push": 456, "days_rel": 467, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15776, forks 1534 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:14.087587+00:00)

## What it is
Kaniko is a tool to build container images from a Dockerfile inside a container or Kubernetes cluster without depending on a Docker daemon. It executes Dockerfile commands entirely in userspace, enabling image builds in environments where running a Docker daemon is impractical or insecure.

## Use cases
- build container images inside a Kubernetes cluster without Docker
- build Docker images in CI/CD pipelines without privileged Docker daemon
- build images from a Dockerfile in an unprivileged container
- build images in environments where Docker-in-Docker is insecure
- push built images to a registry from a Kubernetes Job

## When to choose
- you need to build images inside Kubernetes without mounting the Docker socket
- your CI environment cannot run a privileged Docker daemon
- you want daemonless, userspace Dockerfile builds

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - the project is archived
- you need full Docker daemon features like multi-arch builds via buildx
- you can run a Docker daemon or BuildKit safely in your environment

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: container-runtime, build-tool, developer-tools, deployment
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cloud
- tags: dockerless, image-builder, kubernetes, ci-cd, userspace, archived, containers, devops, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- GoogleContainerTools/kaniko (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:14.087587+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 2026-08-29T17:05:32.572371+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:14.087587+00:00, sha 8b599e1a77d2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.