kcp-dev/kcp
Kubernetes-like control planes for form-factors and use-cases beyond Kubernetes and container workloads. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
96/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 92
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 11
- age_days: 1981
- days_rel: 58
- days_push: 12
- n_releases_24m: 26
Adoption not part of the score
2816 stars · 458 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
kcp is a horizontally scalable, Kubernetes-like control plane that provides many isolated 'workspaces', each acting as its own lightweight Kubernetes-style cluster with its own APIs and RBAC. It is a CNCF Sandbox project written in Go, designed as a building block for massively multi-tenant SaaS platforms offering Kubernetes-native APIs beyond container workloads.
Use cases
- run many isolated Kubernetes-like clusters cheaply without full cluster overhead
- build a multi-tenant SaaS platform exposing Kubernetes-native APIs to thousands of tenants
- offer APIs centrally as a service provider with multi-tenant operators
- give teams their own workspace with custom CRDs and RBAC
- host Kubernetes-like APIs for form factors beyond container orchestration
- shard workspaces across instances for global scale
When to choose
- you need massively multi-tenant Kubernetes-style APIs without provisioning a real cluster per tenant
- you are a SaaS or platform team building on Kubernetes APIs at scale
- you want isolated workspaces as cheap and fast as namespaces
- you want to complement, not replace, existing Kubernetes clusters
When to avoid
- you need workload scheduling or running pods, since kcp intentionally has no compute primitives
- you just need a single standard Kubernetes cluster
- you need the removed syncer/TMC workload synchronization features
- you are not comfortable with a CNCF Sandbox-stage project
Facets
service · maturity active
api-framework microservices cloud self-hosted developer-tools cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code microservices self-hosted apis go cross-platform self-hosted kubernetes control-plane multitenancy workspaces saas platform-engineering cncf-sandbox api-management devops linux macos docker
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/kcp-dev/kcp · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2fa1badca5f1
- homepage: https://kcp.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · a6771fabde44
- site_page: https://docs.kcp.io/kcp/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 14b4575a2c9f
- site_page: https://docs.kcp.io/kcp/latest/setup/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6cc5673403d8
- site_page: https://docs.kcp.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44136fa355b3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kcp-dev/kcp | main | 96 |
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