uswitch/kiam
Integrate AWS IAM with Kubernetes 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 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3381
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 911
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1143 stars · 233 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Kiam is a Kubernetes agent that lets pods assume AWS IAM roles by intercepting EC2 Metadata API requests and serving STS credentials per-pod. It runs split server and agent processes and is now officially abandoned in favor of AWS IAM Roles for Service Accounts.
Use cases
- assign IAM roles to kubernetes pods
- give pods AWS credentials without modifying code
- secure metadata API access in kubernetes on AWS
- assume IAM roles across multiple AWS accounts from pods
- scope AWS permissions per pod in a cluster
When to choose
- you are stuck on an old cluster already using kiam and cannot migrate yet
- you run a legacy Kubernetes setup on AWS without IRSA support
When to avoid
- starting any new project - it is abandoned
- you can use AWS IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA), the official and superior solution
- you need maintained software with security updates
Facets
service · maturity abandoned
auth security cloud cloud-computing security go cloud aws-iam iam-roles pods metadata-api sts-assumerole kubernetes-agent containers devops kubernetes docker linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/uswitch/kiam · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6e9856c0a74e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| uswitch/kiam | main | 10 |
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