acassen/keepalived
Keepalived observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 5166
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 20
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4664 stars · 777 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Keepalived is a routing daemon written in C that provides load balancing and high availability for Linux systems. It implements VRRP v2/v3 for router failover, configures the kernel IPVS module for Layer 4 load balancing, and performs health checking plus BFD-based fast failure detection.
Use cases
- set up a floating virtual IP that fails over between two Linux nodes
- build a highly available load balancer using IPVS with automatic server health checks
- implement VRRP-based router failover in a data center
- detect link failures in milliseconds with BFD to trigger fast failover
- manage LVS server pools that add or remove real servers based on health
- configure Layer 4 load balancing with NAT, tunneling, or direct routing
When to choose
- you need VRRP failover or a floating VIP on Linux infrastructure
- you want kernel-level Layer 4 load balancing with health checking in one daemon
- you run production data centers or ISPs needing battle-tested high availability
When to avoid
- you need Layer 7 (application-level) load balancing rather than Layer 4
- you are not on Linux, since it depends on IPVS, netlink, and netfilter kernel components
- you want a simple software proxy rather than protocol-based failover
Facets
application · maturity stable
networking monitoring routing networking infrastructure-as-code self-hosted vrrp bfd ipvs lvs load-balancing high-availability failover floating-ip health-check snmp netlink linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/acassen/keepalived · fetched 2026-08-28 · 39a9dc88110c
- homepage: https://www.keepalived.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6f67554debfe
- site_page: https://www.keepalived.org/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · bb878f6885cc
- site_page: https://www.keepalived.org/documentation/keepalived-conf · fetched 2026-08-29 · 04568947d8e6
- site_page: https://www.keepalived.org/documentation/user-guide · fetched 2026-08-29 · d92cf50fed61
- site_page: https://www.keepalived.org/documentation/user-guide/introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0d73837ff461
- site_page: https://www.keepalived.org/documentation/user-guide/quick-start · fetched 2026-08-29 · bbeb2ad7cfe6
- site_page: https://www.keepalived.org/documentation/user-guide/software-design · fetched 2026-08-29 · e54ed69942ea
- site_page: https://www.keepalived.org/documentation/user-guide/load-balancing-techniques · fetched 2026-08-29 · 89a7470115e6
- site_page: https://www.keepalived.org/documentation/user-guide/installing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 42beb6773933
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| acassen/keepalived | main | 76 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="acassen/keepalived")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem